1950-02-16 — Page 4

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1950.

ROXY

CAUSEWAY BAY TH. 78676

TOWN BOOKING OF

Commencing TO-DAY AT

2.30, 5.30.

7.30 & 9.30

* QUEENS DE 3 Canna

P.M.

FROM 17TH TO 19TH FIVE SHOWS A DAY AT 12.00, 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

VIOLENCE PUTS THE TORCH TO HISTORY'S MOST RAVAGED AGE!

SEE! "Storming of the Citadol", "Tortures of an Era gone mad", "Escape from the Dungeon", "Siege of the Flaming Oil", "Clash of two Mighty Armies". "Pagan Feast of Conquest". "The Romance of the Ages".

Adventure is king for and sword-slashing week!

-The town is thrilling to the King of Romantic Epler... the Great Adventure of the Ages!

TYRONE.

Samuel Shellabarger's

PRINCE FOXES

OR SUN

WANDA

POWER WELLES HENDRIX.

20.

Marina Bert - Everett Sloane Katina Paxino· Felix Aylmer

Dermed by

Proceed by

HENRY KING SOL C. SIEGEL

Pay belten Brome › From the sunne by Summet Metheberget

Due to the Length of this Picture, the Audience are requested to como earlier than usual. No complimentary tickets available,

QUEEN'S

ALHAMBRA

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2,50, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

M-GMAN EG TECHNIČÖLDI MUSICAL

MEANS

Neptune's Daughter

ESTHER WILLIAMS RED SKELTON RICARDO MORTARAN BETTY GARRETT

KEZNAN WYNN-XAMER. CUGAT

LAMIN TEAM Ted and bety

"

Election

expenses

THE LAW

' SCRAM, GIRLS! HERE'S THE BOSS!"

World Copyrighi Os arrangement with Evening Standara

Eve Perrick

turns up at the

RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME

FOR THOSE kooping remorselessly in tha It's swim

It's the Riviera in March. Paris in the Spring, Stratford-on-Avon around May. It's Ascot in juno, and the South Coast mid-summer. It's the Solent for sailing at the start of August. "Edinburgh for the Festival a And, bit later. It's the moors on The 12th. of course, it's Wintersporting in February..

ON EVERYBODY'S TOES in the snow at St. Moritz

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CORDON RICHARDS, one of the few British here, scorns both

Every to the curling

bobbing.

and morning he goes rink.

visitors. there were for thousand. have. instance.

HANS BADRUTH. proprietor of the grand hotels, give, up

of huge gala and these when pay of kruce and beauty by the iden dances in the ballroom.

Her honesty

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Astounding

case of the banned film

BY CHARLES RAY

T the height of the A group of men set themselves Palestine troubles, up against the peace; by violence, riet and disorder they sought to Hollywood planned Impose their censorship over a the film "Sword in the De. legal performance which every sert." It was completed citizen in the country wna entitled last summer.

tri see and to approve or criticise, This film misrepresents joy or leathe for himself; and, Incredibly, by one single mani- British policy in Palestine festation of violence, they have

and grossly libels the con- won, duct and character of the British soldiers who did

their duty at that time.

This is It

totalitarianism in its it has been shows them treating civil- vilest aspeel, and

allowed, without even a show of ians harshly and shooting DesiSTAKES. to flaunt itself and up helpless civilians and tetumph in our very midst. Illegal immigrants. The

If conduct of this character is vritic of the New York

to be allowed to take place an Times, Mr Bosley Crowther, private cinema premises, there rebuked the producer, is no reason why any group, Communist, Atheist. Robert Buckner, of Univer. Fascist.

Religious, or My organisation sal-International, for por

holding hay conviction should traying the British as “sliff- not adopt the same inetics to sup- necked cala "

boss wand they detest.

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And the climax of the Al comes when The underground Jewish army blow up a firatish ent while the pokliers are sing ing carola on Christmas Eve

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'entilathing wondering how the Italians, to have money to who seem bara, are doing it

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information him that they hind that there might be sent beaks at the text performan e There vens a pestultly of gravi misk of loss of life and the police Could not be responsible für süfr guarding the mence

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books, rush platforms, bent shup newspaper sellers, or club down sponkera.

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of preme weapon

expressing Their fundistalle repugnance...-- They could have stayed away

No film company could affordi Tukmi a film an empty West End einetta, poor returns Ce the brex office would hil There where j* bure

Axatig The tratarmos fumaljen who threatened viošenes 12 cinema bave Jucoroded in giving Ben Ali a spruch jkdvertise- wil accounts, it Fit when ded at depen

The most notouring part of the whole

that the *** Home mee, having had warning buy actvance of the likelihood of merous disturbance should have capitulated in that warning

tl is an if the polke, having information that a burghry was to take plaer, were to log down text carpet on the approaches to the crib

For what do the forces of inw and under exit except to proiect The vital libretes of the people? How could the authorities even have conundered surrender to the starts and knuckle-dusters of platoon of rowelles"

Let there

mistake. Wherever there are forces plot- ting for the overthrow of our

wherever aberies.

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there Are

lishment of stems we fought

So the hooligans have their groups dreaming of the estab

banned the to keep from our shores, there is Showing of Sword in the Desert tutulation now, and much schem

trust us to how, from the ground Regent Street, they niny make further bolder and more impurient advances towards their evil ends.

Absolutely irrespective

their views on this film as such. Saited in Die public stimuli take note that this ban represents a grent vic- tory for darki anfi təkiditarinn forces.

Laulun Einreal Service)

The King's shirt-style sought by Americans

MERICAN business men

shirt

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Said Izod: "The King ordered for de. his shirts last November. It was bidding

to servo a double-purpose allow liveries of a new sports style complete freedom of movement which the King has and ensure maximum warmth. Ha Thelped

One wanted the shirts for shooting." to design.

six buyer is flying to Britain to

Mr Izod hash

ready for the when the

Royal shirtmaker-Mr Chrismas and Ailly-seeming

to Sandringham. POR the English, with the new Jack Izod-to find out how Family went spectacle by the curlers, as they

were Hght Three shiris

blue. o: mad beating rate of exchange at 12 Cranes

soon the shirt can be mass. Three others were in fawn. Every night after dinner she shuttle along Instead he has converted

ice furtously with their to the £ instead of 17, the pre-produced and exported to the

devaluation rate, They look like drown- part of the floor space into can be seen with her husband, the

tall, dark, handsome ex-ski-ing brooms. night club-opulent in instructor MArtin arrougE, ing men treading water. decor, high in the price weighing herself at the machine range, small and intimate in in the foyer of the hotel. character.

St Moritz, in other words, is more exclusive than ever.

For those who are here it has never been Juvaller. Snow conditions are ideal for all the winter sports. the weather is perfect, the mountain scenery permanently breathtaking. (That goes for all the uphill climbing one must do, too.)

Where Debrett's have failed to

I observed...

NOR the first-time-here visitor

FOR, Mars which is me)

are

things the

Every night she is reassured to find that the indicating hand remains

around steady

the eight-stone mark.

To my question, was she going

these to make a comeback in films, she said, "Oh! I don't know.

It notices:- depends on whether

or not I

The odd-looking dress com- can break this laxy habit of the leisurely life I have been leading binations worn by some of the

Indians of saris and ski boots. for the last few years."

the sleigh-driver Her answer skipped the usual The way

the pince is

almost out of bounds.

Examples: One frane (Is. d) tu sit on a deck chair; 3s 4d for a pot of hot chocolate: 35. retum fare on the funteluar (a twe minute ride).

But the place is wonderful. one The sporting life is grand, and very day brings new joys not the least of which in the plea- ski boots sure I get every evening at six o'clock as I take off my (in my size 54-they must weigh about half a ton each).

Footnote: As in the days of

of

"If I can find the right part." (you go everywhere by sci

actresses are in and no pleasanter means put in an appearance, the inter- which most

ever invented), national smart at has taken clined to use from time to time, transport

covers you with three rugs and, and shows her honesty.

LOVE TEAM Batman van,

over.

Was

QUEEN ALEXANDRA, it is fashionable to limp in St Moritz.

-(London Express Service)

U.S. at £5 78. Gd, ench.

Mr Izod is 80. At his Themes- side home, he said: "It will be the biggest export of the year in men's wear. The Americans will be ordering in thousands.”

tions

What does the shirt look like? That is the question American buyers are asking.

Mr Izod will only say that it is similar in design to the dozta knitted shirt he invented for tennis players and golfers 30- years ago.

Details of the shirt are secret.

"But it is a distinct shape, Even staff at Mr Izod's London showrooms in Hanover Square are not allowed to see coples. The which gives the wearer plenty of first shirt to the King's specifica- room to move quickly," he said. locked in the showroom "The secret is in the cut for the safe. It is made of knitted wool arms, shoulders, and biceps."

The shirt will be made in Scot- and silk and is known

A factory in land-the only place where there "pullover shirt."

wick, Scotland, made it after are sufficient fully fashioned special alterations to the textile frames for mass production

-(London Exprese Service)

frames....

as the

MT..."KARVATH

COLD DEFESIDE

diring!

FROM TO-MORROW TO MONDAY

5 SHOWS DAILY —

Extra Performances At 12 Noon

NANCY

Sweet-Heart

I'LL BET NANCY FEELS AWFUL SINCE I'VE BEEN MAD

AT HER

HELLO, NANCY-- I DECIDED TO CALL UP AN FORGIVE YA

OH, SLUGGO·· I'M SO GLAD YOU PHONED--

By Ernie Bushmiller

---I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE EATING MY

HEART OUT

SOAP THAT SPELLS

BEAUTY

Princess

NADJI

COMAPLEXION SE SK

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