1949-12-03 — Page 2

QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA

&

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.

An explosive story

of violent lives...

lived dangerously!

COLUMBIA PICTURES presents

JENNIFER JONES JOHN GARFIELD

PEDRO ARMENDARIZ.

- JORN FEUSTON'S

WE WERE STRANGERS

Directed by JOHN HUSTON

QUEEN'S:

www.

5 SHOWS TO-MORROW Extra Performance

At 11.30 a.m.

SUNDAY MORNING SHOW AT 12 NOON

ALL-CARTOON

PROGRAM

From Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

At the ALHAMBRA

WATCH FOR THE

OPENING DATE

PRICES:

$2.00, $1.50, $1,00

QUEEN'S SALHAMBRA

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1949.

SEAT IN THE-STALLS

BROADWAY'S NEW GOLD COAST SETS THE PACE: NO SEATS FOR MONTHS

4 STAGE HITS MAKE

Night clubs packed: Queues wait for free food

COME FREDERIC

From FREDERICK COOK: New York.

dance floors. The furs in the

streets have that brand new, just glazed look.

Theatrically and socially, the one short block of 44th Street, season is hitting its stride again, Broadway's new Gold Coast, Is setting the pace for them all.” incomparable Lunts in "I Know

One side of the street, the

Love" and a slick new George Abbott revue,

"Touch und Go,"

Four theatres just off More and more tables Broadway, every one of encroach nightly on the minuto them playing a smash hit and sold out for months to come; crisp, cold moonlight nights; truffle packed bum- per to bumper across Man- |hattan; night clubs filled to the doors: florists' shops lighted all 'night, with my orchids worth thousands in the windows; lines of nge- ing "derelicts"

Across the way, still playing shivering

lo standing room only every outside the little window

"Where's where some charity doles ght, "South Pacific" and the

musicni,

Charley?" out free doorstep sand. These four, between them, clock wiches

this is $155,000 (approximately £50.- 000) every week, and Jament New York in December.

that their theatres are not twice Never kas

Bagind-on-the- the size. Subway, as O. Henry called it, the rity of fabulous wealth and degrading poverty site by side, Altered as it gillters now.

Broadway the Along

signs din dancing neon Dritance of the

sky.

huge

carly winter

The black lies and white

Are but uguin. The restaurants Lave turned oil the air condition. Ing and raised the steam heat to a point of suffocation for every

in but the girls body

their briefer and briefer frocks.

Royal Film

Performance

|

A sell-out

One street further

down. "Denth of a Salesman" is stil sell-out, with Gene Lockhart now as Willy Loman in place of

the exhauseta Lee J. Cobb,

Almost next door, the Bob Sterwood show, Miss Liberty,"

proving how

wrong tho la critics were, and filling the pince every night.

There is still a wait of days er weeks for seats at any of

other plays "The Mad wontan of Chailtot"

(Martin Bunt still terrife). the in- credible Mae West in her own "Diamond

" And A E. Matthews triuniphing over thein 11 in "Yes, M'Lord" ("The Chiltern Hundreds").

Rings the ball

Latest arrival from Britain to ring the Broadway beli: Emlyn Williams, in "Mont- erat," a grim tale of Bolivar, by Emmanuel Robles

of

Many of the leading stars +35 Britain and America were presented to the King and Queen and the Prin erases after the Royal Film

Coming UP, A at London's

revival Performance Odeon elnema, Marble Arch. Anita Loos "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," with a new star, Film chosen for the show with Carel Chenning, 4 Grt, blonde MOM's "The Fursyic Saga" in with the energy uf Danny Technicolour. Three of ita stars. Greer Garson. Walter Pidgeon and Errol Flynn, were

66 SWEDISH FOOTBALL IN here in person. TONG HONG

A Complete camera

record of Helsingborg's

visit, with highlights

of their three games

here!

RUNNING TIME:

Presented by

This year's stage show, pro- duced by Jack Hulbert, was burlesque of Cinderella, with Jean Shimons in the title role, Bus- Richard Attenborough 08 tons and Sir Ralph Richardson As the Demon King. Douglas Falrinks Jur.. spoke a mes- sage of Anglo-American good- wil.

the

best-

1 was STIC of dressed occasions for услга.

Favourite materials were

snilns and brocades.

stiff

The Queen, who had a ruby

diamond llars and neck

iz 1241

1 HOUR

་ ༣

luce, wore

short sable

cont

ver a cream crinoline

dress

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TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

TOWER OF TERROR.

WILFRID LAWSON · MOVITA·

MICHAEL RENNY and MORLAND GRAHAM

- ALSO

“THE STORY OF BIRTH”

SHOWING

TO-DAY

FOR ADULTS ONLY

Princess Elizabeth

cream and gold evening dress,

with bustie bow

fur

stole.

and

white

fur

Princess

а white

bow and

Margarel

over

п

pink

three-quarter Jength

chat

sequin-embroidered dress.

Anthony Bond, seven years- Derek old rom of screen star Bond, presented il bouquet to Princess Elizabeth,

The performance raised over £30,000 fo the Cinematograph which Trade Benevolent Fund. relebrates its silver jubilee this year.

WEEK-END

SCREEN FARE

Bu Dear

to

My

Heart

WHEN IN ROME

IL TEMPO

UNINTISA

ITALO ARADA SEH

-Misch Auer, molion plc- ture comedian, catches up with his reading in his hotel room at Rome, Italy, where he was appearing in a new film.

£55,000

CAROL CHANNING

The Gft, blonde with "the energy of Danny Kaye" and a voice to match,

Kaye and a voice to ALI Before they became team Weinbley Stadium.

Lunt bad been playing at Among theatre-goers the Clarence and Fontanno at retum of the Lunts has started Dulcy. When they went into a debate on how it is that this "Design for

Living," Coward husband-and-wito (com Bre decreed that the billing should always billed Գ Alfred Lunt rend: Alfred

Lunt, Lynne and Lynne Fontanne, and never Fontanne and Noel Coward. the other way round.

Noel decided

I hear that the matter wns He:l{ex}

for them by Noel Cowardd.

Why? As Lunt tells it, "Noel just felt that it ran caster off the tongue in that order, and wo simply accepted it."

-(London Express Service)

DAVID LEWIN'S

Spotlight

Who is there in town to take up Humphrey Bogart and Erroll Flynn when they say they are just about the only pair left not too scared to have any fun once they get away from the studios?

Bogart in New York the other day started mourning for the tlme when stars could have a good brawl and enjoy themselves In public without "old biddles telling me to go round bowing and scraping."

And Flynn was quite ready to agree with colleague Bogart.

Sald he: "I wear red socks with n dinner jacket and I get into fights in burs. So what? Too many stara are scared to have a Ding when they're not working.

They keep straight

that's today. Reing

to form all the time.

"Come to vacation it, the trouble with flming Everyone knows what's to happen next."

He is right, of course. Remember Theda Bara7 Re- member Barrymore?

Oh boy they blazed around in and out of Hollywood and built themselves a legend which

Familiar Face?

Ramon Novarro, Holly- KING'S) 15 Walt Disney's wood's Latin heart-throb It is who first started leaving black ladies limp some 25 years genuine arilcic), ago, is back in the limelight.

third attempt to mix real actors and cartoon characters. the story, largely, of a sheep (the

which, rather than meet the The flappers of yesteryear

unhappy end all binck

sheep

remember Ramon. an army of bobby- Iry fair. In the film are Bobby And

Thu Driscoll and Buri Ives.

weren't even soxers, who

merit, wins a prize at a coun- still

former owns the sheep and the born when Novarro was latter provides the vocal accom

vaniment for the animators.

We Were Strangers (QUEEN'S

a

top star, are returning him to new movie fame.

All this is the result of the

& ALHAMBRA) stars Jennifer RKO Radlo melodrama, "The Big Jonez, John Gardeld and Pedre Steal," which brought Ramon Armendariz. It is about Cuba about 20 years ago groaning un-back before the cameras after **more than a decade of der tho heal

of a tyrant obscurity. Women in the

Jen-ord nifer 18 a revolutionary. Armendariz is a political police view nudience took a good long

look and started willing. I

returns are any indica-

type. Gorfield is another revo-100k lutionary or a fence-sitter who early

Bagayang magkasam, AT 2.30, 5.20, bo won over? Nothing tion, Navarro is back wil

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Glows FORD William HOLDEN Man from Colorado

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Ray, Colima (*) Edgar, Buchanan.

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*

Now that he faces a

preTM

accond

FLYNN

Last night's ocard

peopic paid millions to see сп cellulold.

Take closer look at Flynn and see how he has set out to do a "ttle hell-raising."

Into the fountain

At five years old he was be- Ing sent home from a party be- cause he ducked all the little boys and girls into a fountain.

A promising start.. Then he grew up, became an actor and pulled of pearl fishing in Tahiti. After that a little gold prospecting in New Guinea,

By the time he had gone to Hollywood he had settled down.

But-

her

1941-He was having a fight with a columnist. The newo- paper man's wife Jabbed him with a fork. Sald Flynn: "She was just trying to defend husband, That's courage." 1942A busy year. alleged attack ou a girl, a couple of good brawls, and the army and

navy rejected him for service because of an en- larged heart.

An

1044-A fight with Sonja Herle's busband with Flynn explaining; "Maybe the tre my

bad or some-.

think was

in

1940-The crew in fils two- masted schooner Zaca mutiny because his wife takes over command and acts like Captain Bligh.

And Flynn was saying

it was all very simple.

Just pick on him it seems.

People

"On my yacht I'd like to be

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ROBERT PRESTON

GEORGE BANCROFT

WALTER HAMPDEN

Paramount

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AKIM TAMIROFE

LYNNE OVERMAN

ON CHANEY, JR.

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Produced and Directed by CECIL B. DEMILLE

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Judy CARLAND Fred ASTAIRE EASTER PARADE

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M-G-M presents ALEXANDRE DUMAS

The Three Musketeers

COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR.

LANA

TURNER

a Lady de Winter

GENE

KELLY

as D'Artagnan

JUNE

→ YAN

ALLYSON

a Constance

+

ANGELA

HEFLIN LANSBURY

'as Arbor

as Queen Anne

SPECIAL MORNING SHOW ON SUNDAY AT 12.30 Technicolar "Adventures of Robinhood"

Film

::

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TO-DAY

Cathay

At 12.30, 3.00,

7.30 & 9.30

P.M.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME WITH 16 REELS CONQUERING A NEW WORLD OF ADVENTURE! MASTER OF THE SWORD ........ AND HEART!

Captain fresh Castile

TYRONE

HOT LON

POWER?

NEXT CHANGE:——Anna NEAGLE in

"“MAYTIME in MAYFAIR”.

Color by Technicolor with Michael WILDING

able to beat a tomtom or wear THE MOST UP-TO-DATE THEATRE ON THE MAINLAND

want to. But a leopard skin if beban saman van when I anchored off Marsellies Ramon Novarro returns

some weeks

the loenl ago to the screen after an 11-pleasure boats, instead of going the Monle Cristo year absence for "The Big round

trips Steal," an RKO Radlo Chateau d'If, advertised round my boat-instead." been highlighted by overnight melodrama starring Robert acclaim He had stardom

lo a story about a Cuban ro-helping of screen fame, Novarro volution A Yankee heart isn't sure he wants it. throb.

"NOT A LOVER "I'm a character actor," he lover. I think Roughshod (ROXY) is about says, not a people who fight roughshod and those Indies must have made live. roughshod until Lour mistake." stranded: women from a wide Novarro's nolable career has open town cross their path. It would seem that someone should set up house at this stage, but that's not to be: For, hark! A ruthless killer le stalking their trail, Bang Bang Bang!

literally thrust upon him when Mitchum, Jane Greer, and

"Formocracy' Nevertheless Flynu. Ülkes

to

ho scored in the silent classic, William Bendix. Novarro strike what he call a blow for "Ben Hur," his first important portrays a shrewd police Tberty whenever possible. The

· official in Mexico.

varies.

Liberty

FINAL

4 BKOWS

At 2,30,

5.30, 7.30

TO-DAT.

Argid Mitcoin Avatar memm tudna trojka,

formula of the "blow" And occasionally it is a

When he arrived in London

little

GIRL WITH A

HEART

Flaxy

ICE!

lino

Martin

film role.

Ho received a second boost North West Mounted Police (LEE) is in the DeMille trail after the advent of sound with tion. It stars Clary Cooper, "Mata Hari." He gave up pic ment, and prospered at both. He on the elusive side, Pauletto Goddard and Madeleine $10,000, voluntarily, when

and a weekly salary of owns a ranch, two opariment

OF he houses and the biggest depart the last time they gave him a Carroll. The title tells the storiesided he hail razned enough ment store building in San form to fill in. - Aguinst the he wrote ine "Occupation and the rest is DoMille. The old

Fernando Valley, He also has

and Dgainst the "Sox." mian hasn't yet lost his touch money and recognition.

I felt that there were other nequired

on fee" he put an outlook ord, this plature was made quite

"Occupation" things

In life of great im that makes him serene and toler-

Just

revolt

against como years ago!"

portance, tan, ho, rays.

"I ant. เอก"

of returned to acting because "Nothing wrong in that sure Flynn formocracy," says Maytime in Mayfair wanted to seek them out." (BROADWAY) is an Anna For 12 yea Novarro has, that is my profession and I en- Neagle-Michael Wilding, otterbeen doing Just that. He has Joy it," he explains. "But I do Ing. Not their best, but still tackled business for, occupation, not arck Inme anymore. I Noogle and Wilding.

and philosophy for enlighten- value my privacy too highly."

"

my.

What do you say, Mr Bogart?

{London Express) Service)

New

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MAYO

ZACHARI

BOFON

SCOTT MALONE

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