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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1949,

A. SEAT, IN, THEY STALLS

Race to find a new film to go on the floor at Denham

Britain's premier studios may

FOR EXPORT MOSTLY Newest British *ter.

the

Patricia Woyna

close down

SHOW TALK by HAROLD CONWAY

They set out to find a young latest production: English actress who would ap- "DeMille, who loves to unito the peal to American cinema-goers romance and religion on in a big way-something few of screen, has found the perfect plot the story of Samson and our young netresses succeed in In doing and then to build her up-Delilah In-full-mengure-and- into stardom.

overflowing, the story is in ..I think

Messrs,

Rose and Chapters 13 to 10 of Book of Montgomery may

well have Judges, so full of hate, passion, something. Two Christmases frailty, treachery, murder and

that even 'Charley's violence

Biblient In the West scholars have been said to ques- End, in which one of those tion its place in the 11oly Book. usually dull young women "But the story is there and

DRICH charneters all but romped away DeMille has taken full advan-

150

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Aunt" revival

n

with the fun and games-quite tage of it, with enthusiasm...."

a startling achievement,

Yes, that was young Miss Cutta

all right-and I hadn't heard of

her again until this Alm. Now sho may well though not happily to Holly

-{London Express Service)

be going places. Aldous Huxley

wood:

The plan is to keep her most In England, ne An of the time aret for future Anglo-USA productions. Any exporting of Pat will be on celluloid only.

Story Coming

To The Screen

There is more than the rate, will materialise before the usual air of unreality at current picture finishes--perhaps n new production on sharing Denham these days-galety terms with another company." and music on the studio If not, the Anal day's shooting sota, drama behind on Jean Kent's picture will bring

the temporary closing down of Song-Plug Detectives scenes.

Me-tain's premier sludins-and "There's quile a detective game Guy Rolfe and Kathleen Inevitable unemployment for

guing on among the West End Byron are

to co-star in until the lights go 011

aight-spoly at The manny

momen-"Prelude to

Fame," Two #pain

discovering

stopping on- they band selection from that Citica adaptation of the Hrund way smash-bit, "South Aldous Huxley story about Paviße."

an Italian musical prodigy. Production will start at Pine- wood Studios on November 14, with Donald Wilson producing the Drury Lana first-night and Fergus McDonell directing

Jan Kem

n lage suJ porting comZRADY provide the Kriety to another period pictur enlled "The Reluctoat Widdow with a Regency backtresand thin time. In place of the Edwardian

The True"

The drama is furnished by the

What a noncholy purs this

would be for the studios where, a year or so agu, you could find three or fout is in the making

fore

and

"Oklahoma" music was well plugged in advance of the Lon-

production,

nil despite

strengle going on at Hank head Annie-But No Gun precautions---su Titt many In

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* Mangaka known te ll the Benhavn worker--to krep These studios opmu uleture is completed

after

the

Dolores Gray in planning M Surprise Tor the Comand

Variety Show nudience. She wil do an act of her own which fas nothing to do with "Annie Get Your Gun "

For the first une a produr. tim as on the floor without any- Bring being settled to follow And cow with The Heluctam, Widow having six weeks lo 2, 1 in a race between the producer an the one side, and Ms Bank's headquarters on the other.

overal

of "We have

sela negotiations in progress," the organisabons say, "and it is our hope than one of the plans, at any

WEEK-END SCREEN FARE

Brilianla

It will be the test time during her two and

half years in London that she has been able to step out of that Anne character on the stage wh

nudience

were

hit

the very

Widow. now

Screenplay of "Prelude to Fame has been

Earl St Jahe, executive pro- humming be funes during the overture. Pro- cheer of Two Cities, is teaming docers and publishers at South Guy Bolle and Kathleen Byron, their Ane Paride want to keep the music together because of

in "The Reluctant rently secret this time-until the work right time.

being made at I

to

Denham with Jean Keut in the have

report that

leading role. delection Isn't proving

The Intest Rodger successful.

numbers Hammerstein

Evening." "Some Enchanted I just felt that 1 couldn't "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Bional expect this special audience to Guy." "I'm Gonna Warn That Beland. Bister le the same songs again, Man Right Out of My Hair however popular they are--and are now being hummed Mr Lanier greed with me. whistled all over Mayfair. And

It's not "So I want to

all from says Miss Gray.

Imported seize the opportunity of showing gramophone records. the un-Annie side of my per- Ronality--I have got one, you know."

Of that seemingly never-end- ing Annie run, Dolores Gray

remarked to me:

"Every actress prays for just (ROXY) Mewn

the

such success. If she is lucky seems about the pick of week-end and is. "of course,

enough to get It, she is grateful and tries to give her best right lapted from the best-seller by

up to the end. But, being only Morgery Sharp. It is the story

huumon, she does get a secret of a girl who loses her heart to

all lunging sometimes to show that tracher of art who, as

do something else is solid matrons keep continually she can

daughters

one-role star." henol, in fact,

To longting? Miss Mets

Gray's follow up Annie, whenever that sucess in n be, with a tany straight dromalle part.

Wartung

their

would do,

promptly

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house in a slum and drowns gin for all he is worth.

The story is as mediocre derbed, but the acting is said Dana Andrews to be good. plays two roles and the bobby- oxers have an excellent chance here to make up their mind When they like him alco |worked.

Romeo and Juliet (QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA) is very uld one and its claim to attracting the crowd is more sentimental than Shakespearean. It hardly mares for what British films have been turning out lately on

Now Names For Old

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BOY WITH A GIFT

The story concerns on bitious but childless woman, Signora Bondini, who finds an Italian boy with a wonderful London's Palladium remains gift for music. She takes him the theatrical Mecen of many from his family and friends,

and starts him on a career as Broadway and Hollywood stars.

that de-valued sterling i conductor, no! realising

onviroti salaries they are showing eager away from his own

over next yearment he will gradually lose his ness to come

them ---Among

Abbott and great gift. Costello, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland.

Even

nt

Here, by way of a change, is one British comedian who has made a big success in America, but just hus not any tline for the Palladium-or Broadway for that matter.

Her selfish pride and driving ambition blind her to the boy's unhappiness, and when he be- comes a success she tries to cut off all contact between him and his parents.

that

Earl St John considers

port

Kathleen will give her greatest tereen

this

Lancashire's Norman Evana Byron

breezed into suburban London

chance

recently for a quick visit-the Guy Rolfe has the role of u nearest he has got to the West famous English philosopher

dis-

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End since he took New York

discovers the boy's Why this fondness of studin variety audiences by storm Inst who first

talents. He profoundly producers for bestowing choco- May,

agrees with commercialising inte-box games on new young DI

Now he hos breezed out

gifts, and the child's actresses? Latest, and stillest, is again-bound for a spell of film- with Signora Bondini The MONDAY, 7th SPECIAL PERFORMANCE AT 11.30 A.M. the announcement that 22-year- making in Manchester.

climax of the film comes when I'alladium? The old Patricia Cutts-daughter of

Yes, tu

he circumvents her plans. Mir

pioneer Graham would be nice to play there;

members Other British

it would also be nice to do a selected aro Cutts-will henceforth be known an Patricia Wayne.

return visit to America," says

Lorenzo, a professor of music; The management of this theatro takes pleasuro in Miss Cutts's own name is as Evans regretfully, "But you distinctive as

her personality; sec, my provincial dates don't Henry Oscar as Signor Bondini; Announcing that the entire proceeds of this Performanco her new screen name sounds just give me any time and they pay Rosalie Crutchicy as the boy's will be donated to the EARL HAIC FUND.

mother; and Ferdy Mutno dozen others owned, anany like

too well to give up." mic there should be of the older borrowed, by British and Holly-

Norman Evans is by no means the boy's father. generation who will take their wood starlets. She agrees with the only comedian who finds that dinughters along to show them me, but has had to bow (rather the

money a rebelliously) to the decirlon of London's Inner circle. what nice girl looked like rozen years ago.

her employers.

Oll Will's dramas, but it has in

Nurma Shearer

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Classical music will form outside the background to "Prelude to COMMENCING

can Fame." The film will be made

Think of a found the store and 29, the telependent From pro TO-MORROW BROADWAY

I shall be interested to sce Alm performers who have long cess. what happens to Patricia Cutts been strangers to the West End. (or Wayne) when "The Witness" But their earnings, and style of arrives

American screens ilving, have for some years been The next year. For this is the the private envy of many stars more detall, that in these post-picture made in England by who parade in mink at their own war years has taken up many Hollywood's Rober! Montgo West End premieres:

mery, at the opening venture of

Without Comment

Quole (without comment). mount's representative la Lon- from Puramount advance pub

licity blurb on Cecil B. DeMille's

hours of after dinner conversa-

en In many lands. That is, how fair should one be with known war criminals whom it is difficult to convict on the evidence, or how much value should be attached to a defence that will invariably seem reasonable and may even be such in fact.

Ray Milland plays an Amerl- can prosecuting attorney who is confronted with the problem of (Florence a Parisian model Marly) who comes to the do- fence of a convicted war crimi nal and presses for re-opening of the case. The drama is well played up in parts.

(LEX)

of

Wathering Heights captures the atmosphere Emily Bronte as few Alms have uver captured the atmosphere of the book they are based up- on. The story is considerably more dramatic cut, but the moments are well recorded by a AT 2.30, 5.30, brilliant cast that includes Lau-

rence. 7.30. & 9.30

Olivier, David Niven, Merle Oberon, Geraldine Fitz P.M.*

Gerald and Flora Robson. The screen play is by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

Blazing With Spectacle And Heroic. Adventure The Story Of The Most Wicked Beauty In History!

Bride Of Vengeance

PAULETTE GODDARD JOHN LUND BE MACDONATO CAREYA

Hallfre" (LEE), which opens its run tomorrow is another of those six-shooter features and if the kids want to see it pick them off ently after lunch or they will be crowded out

Return of the Bad Men (BROADWAY)· „inin similar vein and the same advico op- Les serables (BROAD- WAX) F.wblch opens; tomorrow, is unother old one but one that should be abon, particularly by the children, as a gentle remain dor, that there were once uu- thore like Victor Hugo and that the action of today had'; stan- dards to live up to

Rose who was a new company formed by David

once

don.

Paru-

Screen star James Stewart and his bride, the former Gloria Hatrick McLean, fimile sunnily as they arrive at the Honolulu airport, to begin their four-wook Hawaiian honeymoon. – Jimmy seems to be equipped for some picture-taking himself.

INVITED

first list of American artistes who will definitely at- Perfor- tend the Royal Film manco on November 17 has just been announced

The stars

Ben aro

Lyon, George Murphy, Gregory Peck, Walter Pidgeon, Dougins Fair- banks Jnr, and Greer Garson.

Invitations are being sent to the following British stors: Valerie Hobson, Jean Kent, Marganet Lockwood. Neagle, Jean Simmons, Google Withera, Vivien Leigh, Joan- Dowling, Trevor Howard, John Olivier, Ralph Mills, Laurence Richardson, Richard Todd and Michael Wilding. *

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Film chosen for the perfor mance, which takes place at the Odeon, Marble Arch, is, "The Forsyte Saga."

GHOST HUNT

Thero la a room in Dirk Bogarde's Buckinghamshire farmhouse in which nobody can sleep Dirk, who is now co starring with Jean Simmons In

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Wood, suspects the room la and Is organising o ghost hunt

Some time ago, before Dirk bought this 500 years-old farm- house, Google Withers stayed there for a night and was une able to sleep. Dirk's' parents, and a friend of his, have all had the same experienco recently,

The bedroom is in the oldest part of the house, and Dirk thinks that the psychic alionas may be the result of an unpleasant Incident in the room in the past 1) 9799 2000 2

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