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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1949.

Welles Explains His Theory Of Shakespeare

For DAVID LEWIN'S.

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American au- dances" THES are prepared to listen more." American banila? "They get right behind you, to sell a song."

Oddly enough, Is old songs RSON WELLES has The question they are asking which are seil- gone into "The Black Hollywood is: Why should Ing in the States Weiles go ahead filming Shinke- now. "Stardust" Rose"

speare after his version of "Mac an

with Tyrone

Power and he flew into Lon- vethe" has been withdrawn front get the guin

don to say why.

It is just a matter of com- mon sense for Orson: "Now I can get the money to make 'Othello' as my own pic- tare-and no one can own a part of it!"

Twentieth Century is paying the Welles cast of "Othello" for slanding by for five weeks. Then they go out to North Africa to rehearse with Orson in the desert while he is finishing off his

Mongol war-lord part in "The

Black Rose,"

the enemos for re-cutting?

("But they can't do that. When Uuationt

a picture in twenty-one days, there is nothing teft to cut out or put back-it is all there.")

The answer and it is open for "Ilm Shakespeare so debate: it is violent, audacious, untradi- tlonal, and unmodest."

Is Laurence Olister in the house?

DENNY Dennis, the man who followed Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey's band, has just returned to London after a year's top-line tour of America.

Arkl to play they have them the band leaders whose names vere making

news ten years nge: Guy Lom- bardo, Noble Dorsey,

Kay Tommy

THAT is get-

CSS now, оп

.ting to be an old story in the band bust-

both sides of the Atlantic. The band showmen with of loduy

personality

hard

Orson

The Welles with schoolboy hair, crumpled blue sult with culls turned back, is hammering out picture idens. His latest: tu How did feel to be right up Ilm Homer's Ulysacs-and to in- there on top at £200 a week ni dicate that Homer felt his hero atler slugging it out as a crooner the didn't quite do all those wonder in Britain for eleven years?

which hits the Welles Saya Dennis: "It is just a mat- ful things he tallord about.

But first, "Othello." The 1er of encouragement and hard customers

are Harry Roy, Ambrose. Billy novelly there: giving a motive work. They work you harder Catton. You

ought 10 know for logo's wickedness. Welles there-six shows dny and then

those names you were spelling maizes Iauto an emotionally- travel to a new town all night. frustrated nan-that's why he But they also give you a better them out before the war. hated everyone.

lift when you are good."

The British technicolour film Scott of the Antarello, the story of the gallant, but Il-fated expedition to the South Pole led by Capt. B. F. Scott, RN, is to open at the_Lee_Theatre_ on Thursday. Above, Petty Officer "Tall" Evans (James Robertson Justice) falls for the last time on the trek back from the Pole, and after a brave Insistence to Scott (John Mills) that, he is "Quito all right, Sir," dies in his tracks. The whole party later perished in obilzzard, and their bodies were not found until eight months later, Partly Dimed in the Antare- tle and Switzerland, and acted with feeling, the film is a Atling tribute to a great band of men.

D

Acid bath play is on the way

Harold Conway's SHOW TALK

w

Since Mr Rank is no longer in the market for Pascal's big- money ideas, Gabby has gone to the tank rival-A.B.C. To them he has taken his three big film assets: Jean Simmons, Deborah Kere, and Bernard Shaw. He has a claim on the star-nd the exclusive right to film Shaw's plays.

of the newcomers who really lead the band--and do not let the

hopes A.B.C. will sign him band lead them-I choose two: to produce Shaw's "Devil's Dis- Edmundo. Res and Ted Heath, cipic." Then he will pin his re- Too many of the others are just quisitioning notice on either Miss. ronductors.

Simmons or Miss Kerr, complete Perlips It

Is heenuse the his talfor with Montgomery B.B.C. does not star bands as it Cilt, whom he wants ns his star, used to. The regular broadcasts and be ready to shoot, from Mayfair's hotels are over. But Gobby will be pegged Today it is "The Dance Orchestra down. The flim technicians directed by Siautes Black." #

who worked with him iser to be "Henry Half and the Caesar" will insist on "super- B.B.C. danes orchestra."

from above anet

on

Now, if the B.B.C. put Stanley VISION

below, Pascal will not be

Mack above the band there might be another name to add to permitted to direct himself, and the new boys who have made extravagances will be checked by his executive producer-Robert Food.

Clark, of A.B.C.--and by the men on the floor.

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It is the first time film-workers

extravagant say about Mr Rank's prevent

Now that everyone has had have put a bar on a producer to

Use

his

of new method of film-making with money and time. Their union is pre-fab sets and already photo- likely to ask for a "Joint Pro- #raphett backgrounds, the pat- duction Council" on the picture tern for his future pictures is before shooting starts, working itself out.

The budget? A mere £250,-

It is going to mean more stars 000.

in each film.

That is a good

thing.

the theatre this season," sald Michael Gough, audience manners discussing

with me recently.

The time when the order was «OURTESY Is out of fashion "One big name per picture" is over. That was how blana Dors got her big chance opposite David Farrar in "Diamond City," And we are just pulling out of

During one performance of the period when lightweight stara September Tide." Michael and were expected to carry pictures the rest of the east could hear a before they were ready. It was

man flicking a lighter through obvious that good as they were the whole of one act, Rona Anderson and Gordon Jackson-in-loodtide_were_not_ During the interval the actors going to cause any rush on the asked the stage manager to find box office on the strength of the man with the lighter and their names alone.

say: "We'll give you a flint, buy Now they will have the time you a wick, send you Ito grow In stature and ex- petrol, or let you have a new ilghter-if only you will stop perience.

clicking."

some

The new way is spotlighted with the news that Michael Red- grave, Celia Jahnson, and Mac- garet Leighton are seling to- IN lawn for two days gether it: "The Astonished

Anatole Litvak, the man who Heart."

made the film about madness. Their wage bill would come "The Snake Pit," starring Olivia to mure than £25,000 far too de Havilland. Litvak spent three expensive for a picture made the months working in an asylum ordinary way. But with the before starting the film. Olivia saving on oats there is more studied the problem with him, money left over to pay for the playing occasional visits, urtists.

ABRIEL

PASCAL,

who

Then they both fought the studio for more than a year to Cet them make the picture.

"That's always the way with made "Caesar and Cleopatra" problem stories," said Litvak. URING the next month try. And he is reported as ex- for more than £1,250,000 and "Everyong is against filming London is likely to have pressing the belief that Britain hasn't worked sine?, is knocking them, and everybody is surprised: both a play and a film abouts using her present dilleulties at the film door again. He is uti when they turn out well,"

to cumouliane actions agains? the same subject. The sub- American films. ject is a Harley Street The large Elstree studio doctor-murderer who keeps an acid bath in which to dis- pose of his victims.

set for a comeback,-

where Heagan worked are both

-(London Express Service)

surprised and discomfited. They NOTES FROM BRITISH STUDIOS:

may well be. Reagan spent his time here. they tell me. 123 The pleture is culled Obses avowing his-and the American sion, the play A Mon About 8 hdustry's good will towarda Dog. Both have been adapted British Alins.

by Alec Coppel from his novel ¡fls good will does not ap- which has the same title as the pear 10 Have survived The play. In the play the vietis journey home, Attacks of this are a man on a dog.

In the

kind are unlikely to build up Aim both man and dog escape, good wil-for the many Holly-

Coppel wrote the piny tive

wood artists coming

over to years ago and several London carn money in British studios. managements rejected It

›'Garden' Snobs being "100 fantastic."

Manager Lee Ephraun

hopin:

4

The Film Twins Are

Off To S. Africa

JOHN and Roy Boulting, pinyed a comedy role in "L'Espell famous twins of the de Famille". During the war he was arrested by the Germans and film world who have made at to do forced inbour. COVENT GARDEN policy is

avowedly to establish hitch successes as "Brighton

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Seems to be falling into pre- and "The Guinea Pig," are ST British film to have n' war snobbery · ju“ favour

bit-scale Amerkan premiere of going to the Union of South foreign names,

Scott Of The Antarctic. Stage and film managements

Africa for their next ven- was The Opera House manoke, (usually agree to avoid simu-

ture. taneous showings of the same ment announce a list of fore and direct a film, written by the US President, was honorary They are to produce which is to be shown at the Les next week. Mrs Truman, wife of "guest" artists, story, I can domage box-otlice coming

from oversens

Lansdale are dea-James business on both sides. Here ones

Hodson. chairman of the committee re- the slage people evidently cried as

#internationally to- based on the great trek of sponsible for organising the event mous"

or "famous"

Washington's Playhouse think the topicality of much o

When the Dutch from the Cape to Theatre. Proceeds of the per- romes to our own Joan Hom-the Transvaal. Ninety performance, which theme too valuable to miss.

was attended mond. the claim modesi, sive is merely "well-cent of the picture, which is by Mr J. Arthur Rank and many. WHO is lonald Reagan? He know

to English music-to be called "Spearhead,” celebrities, went to the American Wis one of Hollywood's lovers.”

will be shot in Afrien; half Cancer Society. nower stars. As stich, he was Miss Hammond-Australian- the actors will be South invited to Britain some mouths born,, ex-golf champlon-112s ago to appear with an Ameri- recently

Reagan Attacks

more

Africans.

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Laurence

returned from enn actress in a British picture months of concert-giving.

representativa - Jury selected In called The Hasty Heart.

Amerles, is going back Urr

by "Elle", one of France's Reagan is chief of the Amer! In July, during the course of YVAN Desny has arrived in Bri- most important women's magn

has chosen a world tour. She is recognised this can Actors Guild, In

tain from his native France zines, copacity, he hns hastened in here and abroad as one of our to play an important role op- Olivier and James Mason as the returning home to see Prem- lendinit sopranos.

Posile Ann Todd in the Cineguila best foreign actors of 1940 and dent Truman

and

complain But, as a Covent Gardenproduction, "Madeleine", to be Jenn Simmons as the beat forelan about our film quota.

"quent." Mies. Hammond np-directed by David Lean. It is the actress.

Io has joined other union parently Incks one Important story of a Ginsgow girl who was Edwige Feuillere, who co- leaders. in asserting at the attribute of celebrity (In the tried for the murder of her lover. starred with Stewart Granger in

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