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SHOWING

TO-DAY

QUEEN'S

at 2.30, 5.15,

7.15 & 9.15 p.m.

THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS!

A CAST OF 3 DOZEN

INCLUDING....

"Songs

Father

Your Heart

Calling Win

29 Jen and

PIELY

GIRL

Bing CROSBY

Bob HOPE

Gary

COOPER

Dorothy

LAMOUR

Alan LADD

Paulette GODDARD Barbara STANWYCK

Sonny TUFTS

Joan CAULFIELD William HOLDEN Barry FITZGERALD William BENDIX

AND

MANY MORE!

TO-MORROW. AT 11.30 A.M. ONLY

John GARFIELD in "AIR FORCE"

A Warner Bros. Picture--AT REDUCED PRICES!

LEE

ALHAMBRA

SHOWING TO-DAY!

4 SHOWS AT 230. 5.00, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

JOAN

OF THE

AMT AWARD

ROLAI

FOR MILDRED PIERCE NOW THA

CRAWFORD JOHN GARFIELD Humoresque

OSCAR LEVANT

J. CARROL NAISH

JEAN NEGULESCO ·JERRY WALD

KOPER PLAY DECUTIDER GOLE AND ZACHARY ROUN-BASED ON A STONE ES LANDA PURIT » NUNC COMOVCTED IN PERNE MALKAN

TO-DAY!

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

By

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1948.

CINEMA BY C.V.R. THOMPSON

The Stars Come

Peck may win the Oscar

By BARRY K. AUSTIN

HOLLYWOOD,

AFTER sering Gregory Peck in the world premiere of "The Parudine Case," I have no doubt that he will be voted "Best Actor" of the year.

With two hit performances in

To Earth

HOLLYWOOD.

N the bills above Hollywood big white letters spell out "Ollywoodland.” The nitch has dropped down, and noboily hus bothered to repince it.

That is symbolic of Hollywood ta- clay. For something is certainly missing in Hollywoodland, AIRI most particularly its once famous upulence.

vital With the

Beltish market Hour, and with the

publie at home proving, by staying away from the cinemas, that they are getting tired of synthetic drama, the dollars have

come to mean something in Holly wood for the first time since it turn esd glamour from a not into an in- dustry.

For example: JOAN CRAWFORD Is auctioning, her fist in Manhattan to move the money

her a play on Brandway and radio engagements-just in case.

My favourile cemomy story deals will a lover's welcome for his sweetheart, a singing starlet named Marilyn Maxwell, Deen Elliott, a composer, planned to rent a sky- writing plane to dnub the skies with "Welcome, Marilyn" as she stepped off the

ла

train. When he found the sky-writers charged C 6s, a letter, he cut down his message to ", Max."

The newer stars are the most des-

;w stiklio berate.

hns just houneed it is saving £50,000 a pic- tre by using unknown State and radio netors in place of its secondary row stars.

milly rich which has the neurance

And that has started an a

companies working overtime,

Whether Is the stallo or the

housebold, eronomy is now the

1

02-

Scene

светрі For example, the biggest a row, in "The Paradine Case" one of the stuellos is over Barbar and "Gentleman's Agreement," Stanwyck's wedding dress -HE

1500, and she wore he can't miss.

heting exactly three zeeunds,

For example: GREER GARSON could not afford to

buy the gowns worn

Taken from Robert 11itchens brilliant movel "The Paradine Case" has most of its action in the Old Bailey, which ban been faithfully reproduced by Selznick,

Peck plays Anthotey Reme, KC, defence rousel in a mureter trinh who falls in love with; Jan. 1 Pordum.

He

sreeks her life.

earers in afleumpkinus her mamunkkal by laying thur wurdes of her husbond at the door af han vaded, who is fer laver,

V plays Mrs. Paras chan, and Ionus Jourdan law fromme ile valt.

f her last picture

in the household. Van

doluron,

Jack Carson is meaning that he enged out of a continet for

576,000 5minut pool be ordered

stantum

Yvonne de Carle has Pushed off on a personal appearance | tour to make up the expenses for a los tap to Europe Jean Hersholt

wn math

pleture offer to ezize 1250,000 for apertal wlief foul for t-of-work irtors en actresses,

The

BANKRUPT CLUBS

THE paveient is contag from,

talk towadays. - attor Peets agents.

g that they are

at he was laid off hast after becoming a father for the first time, F. cultung hadone thestaff becaure, su he says, fort kaowe where he next

[2w:『 The stars

Tret Herewarth It does not mat- hardly affected by Aron T-Sh appraiston the KC) the great Hollywood depression. The sende, and Charle Laughton is excel-art, all 125 of them, are metly BN for condrart Even if they were nol, the moguls who devises the star prtem would are Ponvinced that is the only way

make money,

Instance. If he Clark Gable, for never worked again he could live in

tend an 115 Suchsdiende.

Setzatek presented trip Alfred Huehenek prutuelion to invited an- 199 Calenves at two thratres suuline90s- la m Westwood Village. il trim modern settlement at the Hutversity of Southern California,

BAINTER COES SOUR

Bay Bainter winds up a eyele of 21 pondentive sweet or elegant mother Jokes tv portrayin what she describes as "a star o nag of a mother to la Lapino" in Warner's, "Deep Valley."

99 Tug of

ORIENTAL

SHOWING TO-DAY: 2.30 -5.15-7.20-9.20 P.M. THE MUSICAL THAT MAKES YOU FEEL SO YOUNG!

HAVE MUSICAL

LOVE

Three Little Girls in Blue

TECHNICOLOR,TW!

June Haver George Montgomery Vivian Blaine - Celeste Holm

Vera-Ellen Frank Latimore (20

Directed by BRUCE HUMBERSTONE

Produced by MACK GORDON

SPECIAL SUNDAY MORNING SHOW AT 12.30

A Thrilling Picture "BATAAN"

TO-DAY ONLY

esti NOVIO COMPORTABLE" SEATE

M-G-M Picture.

Cathay

|

yet

HE Suvet Strip, a two mile pee- tion of Hollywood neeupled al- mod entirely by night clubs, is now Strewn as the fue de la 'oor Night uls are going bankrupt of the rate of three a week here,

• Those which are still open hre patronkani are complaining now that they never tranked only by turists, and they see wh they came for-the stars. use them, levare they is so uusital for tilt people to

che out that when they see

thent even the findtywood columnists look for a reason. With the arrival

the simple life" there is a mon

of

lic

luxury for the rest of his life. alght-ont-roses atmosphere about he is constantly tolking of bis Hollywood. Everyone, even if anxieties about the future.

is making £150,000 a year, is finish- ed with the material things of life. Tyroar Power, who gave up Lana Turner to fight Communist cannot wait to be on his journeys again--- to Scandinavia this time-to spread the good American word.

Ingrid Bergman, inest svccessful star of the moment, says she cannot afford malds any more they get about £15 a week In Hollywood.

Ginger Rogers, who has not got a contract but is still worth £75,000 a pleture, has equipped herself with an entirely new set of agents to get

war between

screen and stage

VET another tug of war be-

Y

"In other words, we shall not ap-

"Tough guys" ke Wayne Morris want to play clergymen parts. Edward G. Robinson moans how un- Just it is for people to say he is ; Communist. Paulelle Goddard gives out an interview in which she says that, "after seeing the miseries of Europe." jewels, clothes, and cars mean nothing to her.

NEW SHOWS:

tween stage and screen has pear in a picture for the TAKE YOUR

been fought and won.

Trevor Howard leaves the Old Vic at the end of the month and will next be seen in a film.

Howard is an independent-minded young man, unaffected by sudden fame, primarily interested in being a good netor rather than in stardomn

or money.

the sake of enjoying each other's company."

Both Bogarts believe that it is im- portant to split, occasionally.

"Once in a white," said Miss call. "we want to be known as 'in- dividuals -- not

'bogarlandba- just

cali

CHOICE

you have not seen

the inside of a big im studio, Paramount will take you on a conducted tour SPENCER CRUSOE TARTLING report from Holly-It is a kind of reminder advertising: I VARIETY GIRL, at the Queen's. wood: Spencer Tracy's next role there is a slender story which per- anees, in "Briet Encounter" and "So is to be Robinson Crusoe with loca-mits the introduction of as many of Well Remembered." he stands very high on the roster of leading men in British films.

On the strength of two perform-

Deliberately he has restricted his screen commitments to one la year.

FLYNN'S FATHER TARROL FLANN is having a three-

hertroom honte constructed

tion work planned for Hawaii.

His new film part is just the sort to challenge and intrigue him. He will play Machiavelli in Somerset Mauchom's sabrical shfelliht medieval Italian history, "Then and Now."

Perhaps the idea is to import E- elie Cantor to Hawaii as Man Friday. with a chorus of MGM Folly.Girl:"

SURPLUS FUNDS

the company's stars, producers and directors as possible.

More than 30 of them appear. And ir mammoth end serves to bring on those pre- cabaret show at the

vlously left out.

15

Like most all-star shows, this one is far too long But some of it in Novy Island, Port Antonio; Jamalea,

extremely funny. You will all have for his father, Prof. T. Thomson-

The 80-arre

DETTE DAVIS has found a wię Flynn.

your favourite stars and moments: Island, pur- B

hones of spending U.S.$175,020 surple y chased by the star last year, is to be-

Rotting Pomp between those dear old pals Bob Comi the professor's permanent from Hollywood's wartane canteen home when he retires in March from funds.

Hope and Bing Crosby, and a not- Queen's University. Belfast, Ireland, to devote himself to marine biologi-

eat research.

PRICE OF A STAR VERY star has a price on his or her hend A slar, to the people who own his services, is a property with capital value in hard cash.

Latest example is 22-year-oldi Kiernon Moore, a few months ago unknown.

worth, in his em-

NOW

The star will launch an ideal hous-to-liferat glimpse of how the sound ing project for returned servicenen effects are put into film cartoons. Incidentally, the director, George

and raise an additional U.S.$1,000,-

B.

000

by campaigning throughout | Marshall, and the veteran Cecil Hollywood.

le Mille, act nearly as well as the stars themselves,

EXPENSIVE HOBBY NE of the oddest (aul most ex- pensive) hobbies in filmland is that of Shirley Temple, who collects motion pictures, particularly those in which she appears. Currently, she's egotiating with Warner Bros. for a print of "That Hagen Girl,” which, Marks her Drst appearance as adult dramalle stor.

ployers view, £500,000. But not for sale.

His sta.. as been phenomenal. "Man About the House" is cleaning up outside London. "Mine

OwnL4 Executioner" is packing. London's AT 2.30.5.20, targest cinema, the Engire. 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

A NEW "MACBETH" · MICHAEL

REDGRAVE could Mprobably have had all the film

DRAMA, THRILLS, SUSPENSE AND ROMANCE!

匯慶

Michael REDGRAVE Jean KENT in

THE MAN WITHIN

"

IN TECHNICOLOR

+

Joan GREENWOOD

with Richard ATTENBOROUGH

TO-MORROW

Bing CROSBY

SEE THREE BIC GUNS OF FUN! Betty HUTTON Sonny TUFTS in

HERE COME THE WAVES "

SUNDAY EXTRA SHOW AT 12.30 P.M.

•

"Technicolor Cartoons Program

*

hind

the

starring roles he wished after fine performance in "Fame is Spur." Instead, he preferred to re- turn to the theatre.

He is now reliearsing for "Muc- beth" with Ena Burrill

This production promises to start a pretty controversy, Norris Hough- ton, the American director says he is Introducing a number of "Innova tions." He has seen only one "Mne- beth" before, so is bringing a fresh mind to the Job, unbothered by any traditions.

THE

B C AND BAC THE BOGANTS, better known as Humphrey (tough guy) Bogart and Lauren ("The Look") Bacall, have no plans to continue indeẞnite- ly their successful screen association. "We will make pictures together," said Bogart in an interview, "only when the right stories come along.

THEATRE. Directory

TODAY'S FILMS..

(Alan

1

Ladd,

'QUEEN'S—Variety · Gir)` (All-star

casi) KING'S~~Calcutta Gall Russell) LEE-Humoresque (dann Crow

ford, John Garfield) CENTRAL-The Tiger Woman

(Allen Lane, Linda Sterling) ORIENTAL—Three Little Girls in Blur (June Haver, George Montgomery, Vera-Ellen) CATHAY-The Man Within (RI

chard Attenborough, Jown Greenwood) ALHAMBRA----Humoresque MAJESTIC—Easy to Wed (Esther

Williams, Van Johnson) STAR-Lady On A Train (Deanna

Durbin)

MUSIC AND MISERY

Music and misery are married once agalo in HUMORESQUE, at the.

Theatre.

John Garfield becomes a famous violinist through the influence of a rich, thrice-married. beautiful brindly-soak. Impersonated with steru pote by Joan Crawford,

Garfield resents her help, but falls

love with her.

Romance brings little rapture and' a great

rows. So Miss Crave- sany ford quafis alinai cognac, witile_lis- tening to her protege playing "Tris- tun" on the radio, decides there is

SHOWING TO-DAY

KINGS

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.

TWO DAMES ARE OUT TO GET

LADD

-onu with her lips- the other with a gun!

'tr's Ladd's Bind of action

all the way-mling in love

mixing in murder is the

mysterious O-Senit

with two topic woman...

ALAN

•

Paramount presents

GAIL

WILLIAM

LADD RUSSELL BENDIX

•

CALCUTTA

JUNE DUPREZ-Lewali Dilmare » Idun King

"

CENTRAL

* 5 SHOWS DAILY *

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

* FIRST EPISODE

κι

Mistress of Mystery!

iuling an untamed tribe in a tropical wilderness drenched with excitement-charged suspenssi

TIGER WOMAN

THE

SHOWING

TO-DAY

ALLAN LANE LINDA STERLING DUNCAN RENALDO GEORGE J. LEWIS LEROY MASON CRANE WHITLEY

A Republic Serial

At 2.30, 5.20,

MAJESTIC 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

She Sings!

The dances!

JOHNSON WILLIAMS BALL WYNN

Easy to Wed TECHNICOLOR

CHURCH NOTICE

GOSPEL HALL

(Buddef Street, Hongkong) Between the Dank of China and the National City Bank of New York,

Sunday 11 Run,

Sunday 18 pan.

Tuesday 9 p.m. Thursday #jum,

Breaking of - Firead, Cory, Bellevers only).

Gospel Service. Bible Study.. Prayer Meuling,

Special Meeting for Ladies on Monday. 1st March, at 7:30 pựn

All English speaking (rigrids are

no future for the pair of them, und welcome. walks fratly into the sea.

The general torment of the tale is relleved by the excellence of the toth music, which for once isn't chopped like

baby's food for

easy consumption.

Alb· Garfield and Miss Crawford

act admirably, and the, pianist-wit Oscar Levant contributes a mordant-

y epigramunatic sketek.

OVER THE HUMP

CALCUTTA, at the King's, is oil about commercial Bying over the Hump between Calcutta and Chung- King, with murder and lost jewels

thrown in for interest.

Bendix and June Duprez are in this Alan Ladd, Gall Russell, William

unc.

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