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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1949,

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WILUAN POWEL ANN BLYTH

IN NUNNALLY JOHNSON'S

Mr. Peabody

and the Mermaid

SPECIAL MORNING SHOW TO MORROW AT 12.30 "Another New Programme Of Cartoons” Warner Brothers Picturo

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"ARCTIC MANHUNT"

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A SEAT, IN THE. STALLS

DURANTE ATTENDS THE

OPERA

Jimmy Durante, who startled the mink and crmine crowd by appearing at the opera opening in Los Angeles, gazes in amazement (left) as the curtain is word they're saying (centre) and raised, complains he doesn't understand a

finally closes his eyes (right) to sum up his impression.

Ronald Colman At Work

On A New Film

Ronald Colman, who has not make a pleture since he won the Academy Award for his 1947 appearance in A Double Life," went back to work the other day in "Champagne for

to

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SEQUEL TO "QUARTET"

Most important fim' Syd- ney Box is to produce in 1950, will be a sequel to the successful "Quartot," con- sisting of three more of Somerset Maugham's short- storics.

One will be "Sanatorium" but the other two have not yet been deelded upon. TIUe of the Olm will be "Telo." P

Somerset Maugham, who is at present in London on his an-

ual visit--he spends most his Hime at his villa in the South of France-is having con-. |ferences-with-Sydney_Bat-

Of

-It is hoped that, as in the case of Quartet," the author wh speak the film's prologue epilogue.

and

LOCKWOOD AS HARLOW

It has been suggested in America that Margaret Lock- wood would be the ideal person to play. Jean Harlow in a sim of the star's life. Her profile la right and all she would need would be platinum blonde hair.

Margaret comments:

uf

"I am very flattered at the suggestion. Jean was one my favourite screen netresses and I have always had a great admiration for her. I should very much like to have the op- portunity of portraying her, provided the script was sutls- factory."

BREAKS RECORDS "Christopher Columbus" 13 The arrangement was spect- "Champagne for

In Corncns, destgnet

Mouth Amerien. Benlly

exploit Mia Holm's first picture since breaking recurds in Central and Three Wives," and at the last the obtained a release from her

Venezuein, the biggest audience frat ever known attended the minute representative of the Fox contract recently,

Her reason for leaving the day's showing. It is expected advertising agency which hal-

the studio, she explained, Involved that the alm will surpass

in ed the questing thow asked

neither bitterness nur ugrati-rent success of "Hamlet" see the picture.

He came out of the projection tude. (She won

on Academy these territories.

In Mexico and Cuba, "Chris- the called!

whole Award for her performance inj

"Gentleman's independent production stunt off because of a sequener Fox's

Agree-opher Columbus" is doing huge

A contest has Mr beineSS time United in the fim which made sport ment" at the same

started in all the schools 15 be released by

of radio soap operas,

universities of Mexico with Artists.

three prizes of a year's free

FLY

Caesur."

Urbane N ever, Mr Cobran explains at the "Champangeve“

Pernio, Jacoby

written

End Fred

by Has Brady, was

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Dorothy Jack MORGAN CARSON MALONE

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"TWO TEXAS KNIGHTS"

IN TECHNICOLOR! and

THE SUMMING-UP

"The trouble with contract "There was a line in the ple- status is that studio economicahoot books, for the best let- ture which

problem take it necessary for you toters on "I wish to see "Christo-

1!1:

"When you critteise radio play roles that don't sull you." uher Columbus" because.

The "I'd be delighted to to radio prople

belon you criticise she sai

hended "A their

Holm go back to Fox any time for a judged by a committee

by Sr. Angel Alcantara Paslut, gool part."

of Et Valversal newspaper.

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

satinise.

The new picture rudio Rive-away shown, and Mr intellectust Colront plays who finds his way to a quic prizew page where the double up each me testant answers a question eur- reelly.

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CRUEL TREATMENT?

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Asked if he thought the story nctuel treatment of give-away shown, Mr Colmon said:

on't as cruel as Fred Allen. In- deed,

it is all stone with good humour." He doesn't believe, he mkded, that radio folk will view it with bitterness,

Celeste Holm, his co-star in the picture. cucked an eyebrow and said she had had an ex- perience with the lender sen- sibilities of the radio world.

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After ahe recorded the off

stage nurration for Twentieth Century-Fox's "A Letter la Three Wives," in which Ahe was never seen, a Fox publicist arranged u deal by which her voice was to be used for a mys- tery recording on a radio guess- In Identification show involv

g lavish prizes

WEEK-END SCREEN FARE

one

more

Every Girl Should Be Married (ROXY)

of the engaging comedies of the year. It is the picture that introduces Betsy Drake and the plot has lier doing her utmost to ensnare Can eligible bachelor Cary Grant. Franchot Tone and Dlans Lynn round out a good support. ing cast.

sald

rellition.'

Miss

A GRANT

DISCOVERY

competition is

A dramatised version of Dic- kers's "A Christmas Curol," featuring J. Arthur Rank Alm stars, is one of six radio pro- grammes now being recorded in London for Christmas broad- casts throughout the English- speaking world, including TO lays over 157 stations of Amerl- Ica's Columbia Broadcasting

·System:- ---

The cast of "A Christmas Caro is as follows:-Narrator, John Mills; Scrooge, Alec Guin- ness, Fred; Derek Bond; Bob Craichelt, Dirk Bogarde; Ghosi of Christmas Past, Google Withers: Ghost of Christmas Present, John McCallum; Mar-

Jean ley's Ghost, Guy Rolfe. Simmons and Margaret Lock-

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CLAUDETTE

wood will be heard in the pro- COLBERT CUMMINGS AMECHE

jogue and epilogue.

of

The programmes are being produced by Les Mitchel, Hollywood's Movletown Theatre programme, during n 14-dny stay in England, and they wil te broadcast in a "London Sen- son" of Moviotown Thentre. The dollars progratames will mean

for Britain.

First programme is "A Christ- nas Carol," the second a sub- and Jean Simmons ject for Robert Beatty, the third featur- ing the Abbey Theatre players, the fourth will be by Ben Lyon and Bebe Dantels and the fifth with Clive Brook. Subject the sixth has not been Anally settled, but it is hoped to Lea- ture Anh Todd.

FOOTBALL FAN

of

Keenest film star football fan is Honor Blackman. She spends Saturday afternoon every watching husband Bill Sankey. who is director of an electrical. engineering firm, playing for a Surrey amateur team.

Recommended by Cary Grant, lovely Betsy Drake wort the feminine lead opposite him in RKO Radio's "Every Girl Should Be Married." Preceding her film debut, Miss Drake appeared in the English stage version of "Deep Arekes speedway, tennis, and ico The Roots," where Grant first discovered her.

Movies Don't Attract

The Over Thirties

By JACK METCALFE

Maxwell Shane, producer,

"When they're a little older,

Honor does not coming her Sho sports interest to football

hockey too.

"DANDY. SATIRE" Washington film critics have acclaimed the Eating comedy. "Passport To Pimlico.**. with Buch comments 113; - "Dandy British satire," "Do- lightfully whacky lark, darn good fun", and "Offers Britala one of the most Guccessful British invasions of Washing-

ten sinde the war of 1812."

'DOUBLE RECORD

"The Red Shoes" and "Ham- let" are the only two English fanguage Alms ever to have run older for more than a year on Broad-

social function. They go with their gangs or their school club. Hollywood can't lose them."

Shane's next classification of movie-goers is the "People over 80 are finding it

Juvenlie-young adult age. i way. more comfortable to sit homo

and in the evening instead of going "They're having dates,

because it's a to a movie scaled to a 16-year- they go movies old;" Shape said whert he re- relatively inexpensive place to urned from a study tour of 24 take a girl, and a dark place to

hold her hand."

Sleep, My Love (KING'8) is good entertainment and has to do with

a wealthy metron says the movie business will they go to pictures largely as a (Claudette Colbert), whose hus- band is endeavouring to drive boom when it rediscovers its her to suicide so he may run forgotten man. the customer away with a girl named Daphne over 30. ・・ (Hazel Brooks). Robert Cum- things, Don Amcho and George Coulourls are in the cast.

Blondings Mr

Bullds. Ils Dream House {BROADWAY) stars Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, You may remember this

But the folks who are making The Bachelor

"They are the customers the partnership in and the Bobby-Soxer and it movies are losing, and the ones the dent in the box office

won't go out to a show unless to town again on an we have to re-establish in the turns are the ones over 30 who

movie-going habit.". excellent plot,

The movie industry, can stop they're pretty sure it's a good Three Godfathers (QUEEN'S worrying about customers in one

They are more selective be & ALHAMBRA) ls from the der 30, Shane belleves. He

cause they go to fewer shows, novel by Peter, B. Kyne, with mid he found they'll go to

matter and also because their taste is John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz movies anyway, no

more mature," he said. and Harry Carey, Jr., the three what's playing. baple robbers hiding out in Call- fornia's Death Valley who adopt

an infant child. The atmosphere is well captured,

stoles.

SOCIAL FUNCTION

Shone has just started a new contract at 20th Century Fox where he hopes to make movies "Children go to pletures no for the 30-and-over customers.

old don't believe the matler what the show is," ha Panlundia (LEE),' with Rod said. "They just go to plo- chestnut that people prefer a Cameron and Cathy Downe, is tures. Thoy 11ke the cowboy certain quality of nim because another tale of the wicked West, pictures, of course, but the fact they go to see them he addedi of crusading newspapermen who is they'll go, to anything that's "Maybe it's just that there are get murdered, and of the avenger playing on the Saturday no better pictures to go 10. hot on the trail.

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