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BROADWAY

ROXY

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Here it is!

THIS IS THEIR LOVE STORY

FROM BURLESQUE TO BROADWAY!

BETTY

GRABLE When My Baby

DAN

DAILEY

with

JACK OAKIE

JUNE HAVOC

Smiles

At Me

TECHNICOLOR

RICHARD ARLEN · JAMES GLEASON,

Directed by

Produced by

WALTER LANG · GEORGE JESSEL

20+

CENTURY.COK

***** ROXY'S ADDED ATTRACTION !

LATEST FOX MOVIETONÈ NEWS

• ATOMIC EXPLOSION IN RUSSIA. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF U.N. 1949 SWEATER GIRL'S PARADE.

TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW

ROXY AT 11.30 A.M. Entirely New Programme Of Colored Cartoons

First Showing in the Colony

AT REDUCED PRICES

BROADWAY AT 12 NOON

"Now Terrytoon Technicolor Cartoons" First Showing in Kowloon

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER.

JDE PANSEAT IN THE STALL

News Of Britain's Film Folk

STARS MAY HELP IN BRITAIN'S DOLLAR DRIVE

Margaret Lockwood and Jean Kent may go to the United States

on flying

visits designed to help Bri- tain's dollar, drive,

Strong pleas for both actresses to attend the New their York openings of

films, "Madness of tho Heart" and "The Gay Lady" respectively, have been re- colved by the Rank Organi- sation in London.

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

"Incidentally", he added, "when Joan Crawford saw Margaret Lockwood's pic- ture with me in Hollywood she sat back afterwards and said: "That's the love- Hest picture-I wish I'd got 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 acries of sneak previews in New York.

Undergoing these tesis of box office appeal are the Lockwood und Kent pictures, Pat Roo's Pat Roc's "The and Kent pictures, Perfect Woman," how smash→ picture "Adam

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?

and

Arabic, and take lessens pupil of Π London from Erle Boon, ex-Lightweight Academy. Boxing Champlon of Great Bri-

film's fight scenes.

THE MOST UP-TO-DATE THEATRE ON THE MAINLAND evelyne "Obsession," The thin, who coaches him for the

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AR

大家正

IFLOATING FAMILY

- COMMENCING TO-MORROW

DENNIS

Liros; Happy-co-Buggy

MORGAN

DOROTHY MALONE DON DEFORE

JANIS PAIGE

One Sunday Afternoon

TECHNICOLOM

SUNDAY MORNING SHOW AT 12.30 P.M. PROGRAMME OF CARTOONS At Reduced Prices! In Technicolor

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Tako Any Eastern Tram Car or Happy Valley Bus OPENING TO-DAY: 2.30—5.20—7.30 & 9.30 P.M. SEE All the Mighty Excitement of America's Most Dangerous Days! Thrills from Beginning to Finish!

TAP ROOTS

Directed by GEORGE MARSHALL

VAN HEFLIN SUSAN HAYWARD

BORIS KARLOFF - JULLE LONDON · WARD BOND

· RICHARD LONG Ing Setydeding WRIFILLO CONNOR

"SPECIAL, MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT 12.30

RETURN ENGAGEMENT BY PUBLIC REQUESTI """" “GREEN "DOLPHIN STREET/" PA, M-G-M Picture

Chiltern Hundreds," a comedy Eal- about a British election,

"Passport to Pimlico" Ing's

Gatore" (Tight United in the

and "Whisky

Little

Island

States).

"Obsession," "The Chiltern Kundreds"

to and "Passport Pimlico" may be re-titled for America.

"Boom Season"

It has been a boom season for British films across the Atlantic. "Hamlet" completed its first 12 months in New York on Septem- ber 29, and "The Red Shoes" reaches its anniversary region of une and a half million dollars. "The Red Shoes" is expected to Aross over five million dollars,

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

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

Caught Up With Him

'Sisters' For Oliver Twist

Three

-

Melanie year-old Angela Lindsay McKenzie, daughter of a London Insurance agent, was spotted by a talent scout while playing in her gar-

dett.

Looking for two 'sisters' for John Howard Davies in "The Rocking

Dancing

Around and About

1949,

Wallflowers Compared To A Movie Queen

By PATRICIA CLARY Historical researchera have come up with the cyo- popping Information that the ancient beauties whose charms have been remem- bered over thousands of years would be wallflowers beside Д modern movie queen.

Failma 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 Kor- #cous

18 hours a

day on sche- dules that would make a hag of Cicupatra,

"The famous ancient beau. tes must have been very al- Iuring indeed," "Mins Darnell said, "or they wouldn't have been remembered to long. But

I wonder how they'd look the times, without 10 hours to spend on themselves?

Falima, for instance, lept herself

careful regime which undoubtedly made her the reigning enchantrees of the 7th century but which no pre- rent-day woman would endure,

on a

LONG BEAUTY SLEEP

"Sho. was Mohammed's fa fourile daughter," Miss 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 dip in medicated steam baths next to her boudoir.

"After the baths, she went back to bed.

Then women

lotions and

massaged her body for half an bour, with aromatic cooling unguents."

After that, she put on her costly Oriental raiment and decked. hemelf with priceless Jewels from her treasure chest. Another couple of hours com- bing her hair and she was ready to go out,

(Mi Darnell found out all First scenes of "So Long at about this when 20th Century- the Fair," the new Jean Sim-Fox told her to play Fatima in mons film, required a

Innge a musical sequence in the pic- crowd of extras, which includ-ture "Everybody Does It." Miss ed: Six gendarmes, four Spahis, Darnell does Fátima with reven

and

hour of an four Arabs, five Indian women, hours sleep five French ofheers, four Orlen- | Inzkeup.)

Abbe, two Turkish Cleopatm

achloved her Im- tals, one women, four seamen and two penny-farthing cyclists.

咖

*

**

When Nool Coward went to London's Kingsway Hall for a scene in "The Astonished Heart" Horse Winner," he in which he gives a lecture, watched her for a while and three old ladies saw the notices then went to talk to her parents. and tried to book tickets at the

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

box-office.

*

**

Britain's now

in Tekekov's

*.

Mnl Zetterling, Swedish-born stor, touring Britain "The Seagull".

**

Jean

*

Simmons watched. en- Valerio had taken her away to viously when Zena Marshall, a quiet corner of the set. Like who appears with her in "So most film gets it had only three Long at the Fair, was having walls

fun in the balloon sequence, In Jean Joined between scenes, Zena and balloonist

"Would you like to play

Valerie asked.

game here?"

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

Touct in the balloon basto

by

Although regulated control 30 feet when caught by the wind. ropes, the balloon went up Jean found "low-level" balloon- John Howard Davies's other ing "exciting enough, thank alster' is Caroline Steer, daugh you very much!" 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-

Admirers et Cecil Parker- ston. Caroline, where mother ca brilliant in Somerset Mau- film, he has had to speak French was an actress, is an outstanding gham's "Quarter as the hus-

Trevor Howard claims that ho took up acting as a career because he falled his school examinations, and could think of no other occupation open to tim. But now he finds he has to learn Greek after all for his part in "Golden Salamander."

Already, in the course of the

"HEARTS AFLAME”.

Tao Chin and Pal Yang are, seen here in a shot from the latest Tung Hwa production, "Hearts Aflame,” which opens 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 sildes have been prepared.

P

"Dear Mr. Prohack"

In

band of "The Colonel's Lady” will certainly enjoy his per- formance in the title role "Dear Mr Prohack" ПД Ian Dalrymple Wessex Production,

had its world which recently preinlere at the New Gallery and Tivoli Theatres, London.

mortal charms by spending 10

hours a day in bed resting up for appearances. If she'd kept Miss Darnell's schedule, Mark Anthony would have gone right back to Rome.--United. Press

WEEK-END

SCREEN FARE

When My Baby Smiles At (ROXY & BROADWAY)

Me

is a 20th Century-Fox technicolor musical with Betty Grable. Dan Dalley, Jack Oakie, June Havoc, Richard Arlen and James Glea This is based on Arnold Benson Its another of those

"Mr Prohadic" bett's novel,

Burlesque to Broadway shows which had a success in London an overworked theme but it is

between the wars as a play, light and

MEY Theatre

AIR COOLED, DEHUMIDIFIED AND OZONIZED

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THE SCREEN'S FAVOURITE ROMANTIC TEAM IN ANOTHER SMASH HIT!

HERBERT WILCOX j

NEAGLE WILDING

MAYTIME MAYFAIR

with WALLS TECHNICOLOR

Produced by HERDERY WILCOK

MORNING SHOW SUNDAY & MONDAY AT 11.30 A.M. ONLY SABU in

"JUNGLE BOOK".

In Technicolor

* AT REDUCED PRICES *

TO-MORROW

CHARLES K. FELDMAN preventa

MYRNA LOY ROBERT MITCHUM

JOHN STEINBECK'S

The Red Pony:

A heart-warming picture which will take its place

in the ranks of "wonderful entertainment"t

A LEWIS MILESTONE Production LOUIS CALHERM SHEFFERD STRUDNICK

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Bride of Vengeance

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starring Charles Laughton ear, easy on the eyes and TO-DAY mado up to resemble the au- thor.

ONLY

Command Decision (QUEEN'S

& ALHAMBIA) has an all-male There is a world of differ-cast that includes Clark Gable. ence between Laughton's rough and Brian Donlevy. It is about Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson howed Prorinck and the suave intrepid men who have to make Treasury official of Mr Parker decidons about daylight barab- The story, too, has been aller

ed to suit the times the period in. It is a stag show. It sou take the girl frichd along, she is 1049 but it still tells the

mary begin measurin

measuringen.

you up talo of a correct, and rather endearing, Civil Servant, most against all these strong men,

Maytime in Mayfair (LEE) competent in dealing, with the

another of these Anna nation's finances, who is com-

Neagle Michael Wilding. Almo pletely at a loss when he comes This time it is in technicolor Into a fortune of his own,

which suits Miss Neagle. By no means Indifferent entertainment

His wife and son and daugh-

for all have definito ideas about and grand stuff if you like the

how the money should be team.

spent and he is soon ensconsed

Hearts Aflame. (KING'S) is latest production in an enormous house, corn-Yung Hwa's plete with chauffeur and private and if you have yet to see a secretary,

mixing with Chinese film, this is a good one and financiers, black marioteers, to start on as it is--a problem crooks pad Society women. pleture with an unusual prob

lom for non-Orientals as its are plenty of bright theme. It is about the evils Thero lines and come amusing situa- which follow an old Chinese flons, and Mr Packer is well

ment supported by a cast included custom-marriages by arrange

where the bride is Glynis Johns (as the very etil-mature girl and the husband a bride's eyes clent secretary) Henniono Bad-mere child. The

load the feather-brained are attracted elsewhere and all wife, and Shella

and Dirk old custom in outraged: The Bogarde as the son and daugh-plcture was filmed in and around

Pelping

.

0

"HEARTS AFLAME" A Chinesa Picture with Mandarin Dialogue

At 2.30, 5.20,

MAJESTIC 7.20 & 9.30

p.m.

WHEN MEN AND WOMEN WENT WRONG

-The Khil-jacked

story at that

·team of the

Colar by

CINECOLOR

THEY WENT

PASO

Die "COFFIN

(HENRY MULA » MARY BETH HIGHES 1. B. WARNEN+BOBET ELLIE + Menina 37 LOWEJ. POSTIM

OPENS

CORNER OF

TEXAST

VAN HEFLIN

Starring

JOHN PAYNE

GAIL RUSSELL STERLING HAYDENS

DBORDE Gabby HAYES DICK FOBAN:

PARA PINE THOMAS NADUSE, TIŻNY

SUSAN HAYWARD

TO-MORROW in “TAP ROOTS" Color by

Technicolor

SUN, & MON. OCT. 9th & 10th EXTRA SHOW: AT 12.00 NOON

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