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1949 SWEATER GIRL'S PARADE.

TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW

BROADWAY AT 12 NOON

ROXY AT 11.30 A.M. Entirely New Programme

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"New Terrytoon Technicolor Cartoons"

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News Of Britain's Film Folk

Wallflowers

STARS

IN BRITAIN'S DOLLAR DRIVE

MAY HELP Compared To A

Margaret Lockwood and Jean Kent may go to the United States on flying visita designed to help Bri- tain's dollar drive.

Strong pleas for both actresses to attend the New York openings of their Films "Madness of the Heart" and "The Gay Lady".. respectively, have been re- ceived by the Rank Organi sation in London.

Mr Earl St John, Two: Cities' Executive producer, who has just returned from a mission to America, was pressed with this request when there.

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"Incidentally", he added, "when Joan Crawford Margaret Lockwood's pic- ture with me in Hollywood she sat back afterwards and said: "That's the love- liest plcture--I wish I'd gọt the script first!”

Meanwhile, in New York, the sales drive for British films has been intensified. The new films Mr St. John took with him to the United States are having a series of sneak previews in New York.

Undergoing these tests of box office appeal are the Lockwood Pat Roc'a and Kent plctures, First Showing in Kowloon

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WHISTLER'S DELIGHT

Hollywood wags insist that lovely Virginia Mayo deserves to appear on a postage stamp. They point out that if Whistler's Mother is worth such recognition, then

why not whistler's delight?

Movie Queen

Dy PATRICIA CLARY :: Historical researchers have come up with the eye- thnt popping information the ancient beautics whose charms have been remem- bered over thousands of ychrs would be wallflowers besido A modern movio queon.

Fatima and Cleopatra and Helen of Troy were alluring. But only about six hours a day. It took them the other 18 hours to create the allure.

Such modern beauties as Rita Hayworthi

Ingrid Bergman and Linda Darnell look for geous 18 hours a day on sche- dules that would make a hag of Cleopatra

"The famous ancient beau. ties must have been very al- luring Indeed," Miss Darnell said, "or they wouldn't havo been remembered so long. But I wonder

look how they'd these times, without 10 hours to spend on themselves?

Fatima, for instance, kept herself

careful regima her which undoubtedly made the reigning enchantress of the 7th century but which no pre- sent-day woman would endure.

on a

LONG BEAUTY SLEEP

"She was Mohammed's fa fourite daughter," Misa Darnell added, "and she could get away with it. She used to lie in

bed

a minimum of 11 hours a day. Then the followed up her long beauty sleep with a relaxing |

in medicated steam baths next to her boudoir.

dip

women

"Aller the baths, die went

Then back to bed. massaged her body for half an hour with aromatic lollons and soothing unguento."

and Arabic, and fake lessena pupil of a London Dancing deckod herself with

from Erle Doon, ex-Lightweight

Perfect "Ror's "The now smash- pleture "Adam Boxing Champion of Great Bri

The thin, who coaches him for the Evelyne." "Obression," "The Alm's fight scenes, Chiltern Hundreds," a comedy British election. Eal- Ing's "Passport tu Pimlico" "Whisky Galore" (Tight

Island

United

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the

nod Little States).

"Obsession," "The Chiltern

and Hundreds"

"Passport 10 Pimlico" may be re-titled for America.

"Boom Season"

It has been a bbom season for British Alms across the Atlantic. "Hamlet" completed its first 12 months in New York on Septem- ber 20, and "The Red Shoes" reaches its anniversary region of one and a half million dollars. "The Red Shoes" is expected to gross over five million dollars.

When "Christopher Columbus" opens on Columbus Day, October 12, it will be screened simultane ously at 115 theatres. A coast- to coast broadcast will be relayed to Italy and Spain.

"Quartel," "The Blue Lagoon" and "Sleeping Car to Trieste" are all playing to capacity Ameri- can audiences.

*Sistors' For Oliver Twist

Academy.

Around and About

Ingge

After that, the put on her

Oriental costly

ralment and priceless jewels from her treasure chest, Another couple of hours com- bing her hale and she was ready to co

out. (Mim Darnell found out all First scenes of "So Long a1 about this when 20th Century- the Fair," the new Jean Sim-Fox told her to play Fatima in

required a mong film,

musical sequence in the ple- crowd of extms which includ- ture "Everybody Docs. It." Miss ed; Six gendarmes, four Spakis, Darnell does Fatima with seven and an hour of Melanie four Arabs, Ave Indian women, hours *Three -year-old

sleep Angela Lindsay McKenzie, Ave French officers, four Orien- makeup.)

Abbe, two Turkish Cleopatra achieved her fm- daughter of a London Insurance tals, one

and two mortal charms by spending 10 agent, was spotted by a talent women, four seamen

hours a

a day in bed reeling up scout while playing in her gar penny-farthing cyclists.

for appearances. If she'd kept Miss Darnell's schedule, Mark Anthony would have gone right back to Rome-United Press.

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When Noel Coward went to Looking for two 'sisters' for London's Kingsway Hail for a John Howard Davies in "The socne in "The Astonished Heart" ha in which he gives a lecture, Rocking Horse Winner,"

n while and three old ladies saw the notices watched her for then went to talk to her parents, and tried to book Uckets at the

When Melanie arrived at the studio the authorities at Arst shook their heads. Then Valerio Hobson, who plays the children's mother, changed their mind. A small incident had convinced her of Melanie's personality.

Valerie had taken her away to a quiet corner of the set. most film sets it had only three walls.

box-office.

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Britain's

13 now

Mol Zotterling, Swedish-born Riar, touring Britain "The Seagull".

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in Tekekov's

Jean Simmons watched en- viously when Zena Marshall, Like who appears with her in "So Long at the Fair", was having fun in the balloon sequence, In between scenes,

"Would you like to play a

Caught Up With Him game here?" Valerio asked.

Trevor Howard claims that he took up acting as a cancer because he failed his school examinations, and could think of no other occupation open to him. But now he finds he has

Melanie regarded her oddly, "No", she said. "Too draughty.

John Howard Davies's other

sister is Caroline Steer, daugh ter of the well known author and journalist, G. L. Steer, author of

"The Tree of Gernika," who was killed in Burma on a secret mis-

Jaan Joined Zena and balloonist Pierro Jacquot in the balloon basket. Although regulated by control feet when caught by the wind. ropes, the balloon went up 30

Jean found "low.level" balloon- Ing "exclung enough, thank

you very much!"

"Dear Mr. Prohack”

to learn Greck after all for his part in "Golden Salamander,"

Already, In the course of the Alm, he has had to speak French was an actress, is an outstanding gham's "Quartet" as the hus-

ston. Caroline, whose mother

"HEARTS AFLAME"

Tao Chin and Pal Yang are seen here In a shot from the latest Yung Hwa production, "Hearts Aflame," which operis at the King's Theatre tomorrow."

Pal Yang plays the part of a mature Chinese girl forced to marry a mere child-still a custom In many parts of North China. Tao Chin falls in love with her and tragedy ensues. For th benefit of Europeans in the audience, English slides have been prepared.

Admirers of Cech Parker- so brilliant in Somerset

Mau-

WEEK-END SCREEN FARE

band of "The Colonel's Lady" -will certainly enjoy hip per- formance in the title role "Dear Mr Prohack".

Ian

When My Baby Smiles At Dalrymple Wessex Production, Me (ROXY & BROADWAY) which recently had its world is a 20th Century-Fox technicolor premiere at the New Callery musical with Betty Grable, Dan and Tivoli Theatres, London. Dailey, Jack Oakle, June Havoc, Richard Arlen and James Glea- This is based on Arnold Ben-con. It is another of those

"Mr Prohack” nett's novel, which had a success in London Burlesque to Broadway shows

an overworked theme but it is between the wars as a play, light and easy on the eyes

and starting

Charles Laughton cars. made up to resemble the au-

Command Dechlon (QUEEN'S thor.

& ALHAMBRA) has an all-male There is a world of differ-cast that includes Clark Gable, ence between Laughton's rough and Brian Donlevy.

Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson hewed Prohacks and the Intrepid men who have to make It is about. Treasury' official of Mr Parker decidons about daylight bomb The story, too, has been alter-e

tako the girl friend along.

ed to suit the times the period ing. It is a slag show. If

You begin measuring up

is 1940-but it still tells the

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