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SHOWING

TO-DAY

ST.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1948.

KINGS A230, 5.15,

7.20 & 9.30 p.m.

BRITISH STUDIOS

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BOGART

LIZABETHA

JOHN CROMWELL'S

Dead Reckoning

Marian

WITH

连

Balato

CARNOYSKY-CANE-PRINCE MILLER FORD

Longley by Cover . P. Canal, Chery Fisher

Bronted to JOIN CROMWELL • Ponderad by SONIT BERELL

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

DEE THEATRE

ADVANCE BOOKING OFFICE

FRANCIS HOTEL, QUEEN'S ROAD,

BOOKING HOURS:

CENTRAL

11.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Daily.

LAST 4 SHOWS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.

HUNTED FOR MURDER

HUGH WILLIAMS

→ GRETA GYNT

MARIUS GORING

Take My life

VYEN FRANCES - A · SULLIVAN

A CHE GUILD PROVETON

Prodead by

ON TRIAL FOR MURDER

RISKEP MURDER

--FOR TRUTH

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LATEST NEWS

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FIGHTING 69 ** I'M A BIG SHOT NOW! WISE QUACKING DUCK RHAPSODY IN RIVETS

4 SHOWS TO-MORROW

JAMES CAGNEY in

"SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT'

CENTRAL

TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.

RS WAS A LOVE OUT OF THIS

CARY COOPER

UNINVITED

COMMENCING SUNDAY, 8TH FEB.

RAY MILLAND in

"BEAU GESTE ??

A PARAMOUNT PICTURE

SHOWING

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SWITCH TO COMEDIES

"I forgot to tell you. I don't trust anybody especially women!" says Humphrey Bogart as he deliberates whether to kiss or kill Lizabeth Scott in this scene from the thriller, "Dead Reckoning."

King's Theatre.

ACTORS

at the

MUST BE

LANGUAGE-WISE

BY MERLE OBERON

about

world wide art which

{

Lighter Films Preferred

T

THE studios are switching

from crime and period } drama-to comedy.

First off the mork is Ealing Studios' chief, Sir Michaet Balcon.

Incidentally, no one in the film industry deserves knighthood more than Balcon, whose honour was an- nounced at the New Year.

They tell me Balcon's contribution to Inter-Dominion friendship-with 1ts

Australian eple, "The Over- landers"--was one of the big reasons why the Prime Minister recommend- ed the King to confer the honour.

In the production feld, Balcon

has picked three tales to signal the new (general comedy policy.

These fules are: the story of an

Imaginative Irish youth. "Kind Hearts Are Coronets," a period plece which treats a macabre ther

theme with heart, and "Passport

a

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a fantasy of extraordinary In the heart of London. Tebby Clarke, who wrote the story of Euling's "Hue And Cry," penned "Passport To Pimlico," Clarke is one of the few British scenarists who are Jurning out really good stuff.

OTHER COMEDIES

Other British comedies will come from the Korda studios.

Stage playwright Frederick Lons- dule has written a gay subject for star Rex Harrison and director Carol Reer; and there's "The Devil's Delight," in which Cary Grant will play the devil.

►

THEY FIND A CAUSE

stars returning E and

A VERY day you read more French and Hallan

from Hollywod and New York. You may have to wait, however, mar stories

know of others going to Hollywonil. for Celia Johnson in the adaption of Hollywood's studios sending

And Ameriena talent is going over-

the stage comedy. "No Medals" ramera crews and actors all

seas in increasing numbers

They're going to enl it "Her Majesty The House-wife" on the screen. Acting Is or the world to film pictures

You may have to wait, too, for the in The actual story-location set is standard in every nation, mil in-

Ivuc Novello's version of ternational arceptance of an actor is movie thugs. As an actress, this post-based solely on his ability, Panto- West End musical hit, "Perchance war clunge in the movie-making mine, facial expression and physical To Dream," pattern concerns me deeply. It gestures convey general ideas, but also deeply concerns every actor this is the age of the talking picture. If your language is foreign to in every country of the world.

theatre-goers you are not doing your To be specifte. the

lah full job in communicating thoughts speaks only one language will be

and ideas to the audience. The con. handicapped. definitely cept of One World, which may or may not come off politically, is cer- tainly being achieved crematically. The star who is a stranger beyonil the borders of his own country and cannot adapt himself to the speech of another nation, will be at a tre- mendous disadvantage.

Right now I am in Berlin, Ger- many, with an RKOH Radio camera

am cut to im erew "Berlin Express."

scenes

for

On the way across the Atlante 1 happened to read the passenger 1st that was posted on the ship's bulle tin board. There were

Britisht,

THEATRE Directory

TODAY'S FILMS

QUEEN'S--Two Years Before

the

Mas (Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, Barry Fitzgerald). KING'S Dead Reckoning Humphrey

Bogart, Lizabeth Scott). LEE—Take My Life (1ugh Williams,

Greta Gynt).

Let us consider, for example, my own current Alm assignment.

Travelling Grand Hotel

The picture is a sort of travelling "Grand Hotel" on wheels, the story

QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA

DAILY AT

DAILY AT

2.30,,5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M. 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

SHOWING TO-DAY

THE LUSTY PAGES OF THE GREAT AMERICAN GLASSIC OF HIGH-SEA ADVENTURE SIP'CLP IN THRILLING MATESTY ACROSS THE SCREEN

TWO YEARS

BEFORE THE MAST

F100 the world has the

From Richent Troty Dana e Immortal Brocz

to this pic the dent ship."Hyde,

an kissy's most exciting sayage Jim Laddled 100 best scared us in derperata dabanca of that caglainata right the brutal code of the are and me

the song is the shared his dangers

A Trimmount Picture waiting

Alan LADD· Brian DONLEVY William BENDIX Barry FITZGERALD

-- Borri di SUVA -Eder HERNANDEZ - AZGA KADER – Dr VAN EXTON – Darryl SEPAN

Produced by SITONE MUTÍ · Duschwa by JÕPE TARTÓW

Screen Per by Songs & Bhai má Geiger

AT THE QUEEN'S

TO-MORROW MORNING AT 11.30 A.M.

Clark GABLE Lana TURNER in

"HONKY-TONK"

AN M-G-M PICTURE AT REDUCED PRICES!

ORIENTAL

SHOWING TO-DAY: 2:30-5.15-7.20~~9.20, P.M.

IS SMILES AHEAD OF-

-lis

PAULETTE Goddard and husband A Grand Musical-Comedy Crammed with Song, Romance and Fun!

Burgess Meredith will make # flm about the Jewish exodus from Europe to Palestine called "Night | Watch.” The

couple will donate services free. All profits will go to Palestine relief.

their

sent food parcels from America to The Merediths, who have already of a trip from Paris to Berlin, the entire British film crew of "An featuring people of five different Ideal Husband," will bring to London nationalities American, British, £1,000 worth of food for friends in Russian, French and German. To Britain. achieve the international flavour, the characters all speak in their own languages. In the course of my portrayal of an English woman of mystery, I have dialogues in French, Russian and German,

I'm lucky in that I happen to be able to speak most of the languages in the picture more or less fluently. As little girl I lived with my parents in Europe.

I don't think this knowledge was responsible for my getting the part in "Berlin Express," but I certainly don't think it hurt my chances.

Hands Across The Sea There is plenty of evidence to support my ideas on the advantages

Seeks Perfect

Male Voice For

Christ Role

An English producer is seeking "the most authoritative and most beautiful male voice in the world" to represent the voice of Christ in Aim to be called "Mary Magdalene." Margaret Lockwood will have the | of bilinguality. Foreign stars who title role.

have risen to the top in their own Although producer Brian Hurst countries usually score a hit in says it Impossible to make a film America. And in almost every case, about Mary Magdalene without they either knew, or learned

Eng- lish, when they arrive in the Christ, the censor will not allow a representation of Christ in person To mention just a few names, there on the screen, only an Indirect in-

for exumple Charles Boyer, dication of His presence. Ingrid Dergmati, Sonja Henie, In the scene in which Christ re- Viveca Lindfors and the newly arveals himself to Mary in the garden rived Valli,

after He has risen from the dead, He Yes, this hands-across-the-sens will be represented by a bright movement should stimulate friend- Bight. ship between nations as well as lead to better films, betler acting and

arc

CENTRAL-The Uninvited (Ray

Milland, Ruth Hussey) ORIENTAL-Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Dick Haymes, June Haver). CATHAY—Wild Bill Hickok Rides Cabot, Constance onnett ALHAMBRA Two Years Before the

Mast. MAJESTIC--Down to Earth (Ritu

Hayworth, Larry Parks). STAR-Crossfire (Robert Young.

more variety. There certainly but sometimes He will be represent- Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan), I nothing wrong in that.

B Mem

TORTURE ON

THE

In other scenes audiences will hear His words spoken off-screen,

Teď us a shadow on the wall,

HIGH

SEAS!

MAJESTIC

TECHNICOLOR!

At 2.30, 5.20,

7.20 & 9.20 p.m.)

She Sings!!

She Dances?!

Sho's Terrifiot,

HAYWORTH PARKS Down to Earth

· MARC PLATE ·ROLAND GULVER-JAMES GLEASONT

EDWARD EVERLET HORTON-ADELE JERGENS:

GEORGE MACREADY WILLIAM FRAWLEY?

Directed by ALEXANDER HALL

Á DON HARIMAN PRODUCTION

Captain and crow of the devil ship, Pilg im, stand by to watch first mate William Bendix:mote out punishment to scaman Alan Ladd in Paramount's dramatic pro- duction, "Two Years Before the Mast," now showing at the Queen's Theatro. the stairs are seen Howard da Silva, the bṭutal captain, above him Brian Donlevy and on-balcony Barry-Fitzgerald.

On

EVERY MUSICAL YOU'VE EVER SEENI

MONTY WOOLLEY

JUNE HAVER DICK HAYMES

In

IRISH EYES ARE SMILING

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(Between the Bank of China and the

National City Bank of New York).

Sunday 11 am,

Breaking-of-Bread, (for Believers only). Gospel Meeting. Tuesday Bjm. *Mula Study.

Sunday p.m.

Thursday

All welcome.

p.m. Prayer Meeting. English speaking friends

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