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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1950,
A SEAT IN THE STALLS
WALT DISNEY CAN'T
HELP LOVING MICE
from the
mouse clan, Brer Rabbit
and Drer Fox.
Introduction of a new come group of irresistible animal although, like all other Disney Little Bongo and the fero fable folk, they are not strictly cious gigantic bear, Mickey and characters in Walt Disney's animal
the great ogre of the beanstalk. all-cartoon animation fea-
Bambl and the big star, Sacha
Mouso tute, "Cinderella," once
and the wolf. Timothy frightening the big elephants in more will atir nudience
mouse "Dumbo." Mickey and the vic-
speculation as to how and characters links right up with lent eagle in the Alpine adven-
stands
SPECIAL DESIGN
Walt's preference for
design why he selects theso little his special
of cartoon ture. And, of course. Donald, all 11ttle folk, folk which form Auch a comedy with his whole scheme champion of large proportion of his of popular entertainment in the battling every kind of menace.
where ho medium creative output.
Mickey Mouse is perhaps the supreme. In his recipe for
Walt's Gus-Gus and Jag and their fun, the timid, browbeaten, most potent reason for cronies who dwell in the great oppressed Httle creatures always selection of mouse heroes in so world chateau where Cinderella is an eventually defeat the big, bad, many of his productions Mickey abused servant of her cruel kins oppressive bullies in a gale of who won phenomenal women are certain to be rated curprising action and laughter. fame and first made the Disney among-Disney's most comical. Remember? The pudgy pigs nams celebrated
the big, bad
woll. ShowMEN and endearing creatures. They and
cenius
as a creative -and entertainment
Walt doesn't forget the "luck Mickey brought him, since the time when, In a critical hour in his career, the little fellow was image of a created from the
timid mouse who made himself at home in Wall's Hollywood garage studio.
CREDIT TO THE CLAN
Gur-Gus and Jag do credit to the clan as the knightly little heroes in the "Cinderella" tale where they battle and outwit one of Disney's mos cintater
villains, Lucifer, tho big fat
house cat who reflects the mean-
cruel step. } ness of the girl's mother.
In the mouse band too, are characters and other helpful
a gorgeous
The game of the braided talls is being played by their coy little girl friends. The dress for Tagged the mice in Walt Disney's "Cinderella" to decide who feminine contingent help make will be chosen as a decoy for Lucifer, the cat. This is Cinderella before the fairy god- a very dramatic moment in the Technicolour all-cartoon
KKO-Radio release.
Too dangerous to be faked by doubles
maestro of the
The singing cry of steel Today, according to the title on steel is heard the length Belgium and Italy are the only blade, France, and breadth of Hollywood. countries where fencing remains Rapiers flash and clash. a real art. Romantic heroes shout, "En garde," and thrust. Villains who have lived by the aword, died by the sword.
FORGOTTEN SCIENCE
"In this fe of case which 01 many Americans live in a land
And wherever the bright of luxury," he laments, "fencing blades flash, whether in "The is slowly Sons
or
or The
Musketeers,"
becoming a forgotten selence. The only medium that "Prince Of Foxes," "Black Rose" now seems to keep it alive is the
picture that calls Girl," there mution "Buccaneer's flashes also the graceful, agile dexterous swordplay." figure of Fred Cavens, one of the greatest swordsmen America ever has known.
A
mother Intervenes in her fortunes and provides the glass slipper and the golden pumpkin cosch and the -for the palace ball
meeting with Prince Charming.
The songs they sing and their cheery, excited chatter will long be a happy memory of the fabled mice in the romantle musical version of the timeless legend love story, and the wondrous soon to be released.
RKO Radlo distributes the elaborate, music-saturated fea- ture, in colour by Technicolour,
Loudest voice
in the whole
fur
British Army
Cavens is one of the few
"They Were Not Divided," technical advisers and teachersTwo Cities' tribute to the
is almost without com-
who
brilliant fencer since the petition in his chosen field. How Guards Armoured Division, he ls regarded by his which opened in London on age of 12, an honour graduate of highly
College of fellow fofl artists the Royal Fencing
may be March 30, does not have
written from a letter Brussels, Fred Cavens has been Judged
credit titles. Basli ordinary to swordplay to
years the some
bacie teaching
the cast will be #rent and the near-great of Rathbone by Robert H. Grasson, Instead,
the United States named at the end of the Hollywood for a quarter of a coach of
squad, head film. century.
Numbered among his Olympic fencing
fencing coach af Yale for 20 noted puplis have been Cornel
This will list twenty names, of the wilde,
Douring Fairbanks years and secretary
have never up- Fenclog Coaches ten of whom (senior and junior), John Barry- American
peared in a film before, Among more, John Gilbert, Milton Sills, Association. Crasson wrote:
them is Regimental Sergeant- Inn Keith, Rod LaRocque, Leslie
"Allow me to congratulate you Major Ronald Brittain, Cold- Howard, Reginald Denny, Ralph Forbes, Basil Rathbone, Tyrone on your one acting in The Mark stream Guards, who is reputed Power, Errol Flynn and a greal Of Zorro.' I must in all fairness to have the loudest voice in the host of other swashbuckling to the master who trained you British Army.
give him my great admiration Leading parts in this story of for the fac technique and an Englishman and an Ameri-: the war of every
fencing can who go through movement. If I am not mistaken, together are played by Edward the gentleman is Professor Fred Underdown and Ralph Clanton.
Made Cavens, one of the youngest and
almost entirely on
luminaries.
THEY HAVE TO LEARN
cause:
They have had to learn be Buelling with rapler or sword 18 the only dangerous thing transmitted to the screen that cannot be faked by doubles, Lot Cavens cxplain:
exccution
THEY WON OSCARS
British-born Oilvia de Havilland kas won Hally- wood's most coveted award- an "Oscar"-for the second Uime.
น
The award, given by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Selences, was made to her for the best acting by 56 woman in 1949-for ber performance In "The Ifeiress," She won the 1046 "Oscar" for the film "To Each His Owl."
The award for the best film of 1949 was made to "All the King's Men,” a film about the rise and fall of an American politician.
Broderick
Crawford, the star, won an "Oscar" for the besi male performance of the year. In All the King's Miche-portrayed the tough power-seeking politician character said to have been based
the late Senator Huey Long.
When you do that-smile!
No flun fan can ever for-
Enemy" when Jimmy Cag- ney squashed half a grape- fruit in Mae Clark's face,
top honour mes of his gradua- location in England and on the get that moment in "Public
Were Not flon class from the Royal Fenc-Continent, "They
You Divided" tells of the
D-Day the chase across ing College of Brussels. were indeed fortunate to have a landings, man of his great ability on France and Belgium to Brussels and the winter compaign on the your staff."
Dutch border. En garde, M'sicur!
"Skilled fencers have certain reflexes, the result of years of training.
be They cannot told what to do. Their reflexes and fencing lastinct tell them! that. Their work, also, is too lightning fast to register. Actors are not subject to such
10
A movie duel is slower,
Gertrude Lawrence makes her Hollywood debut
Gertrude Lawrence has
'That was a bit of business which aroused the envy of male moviegoers and a mixture of horrur and admiration in the women.
Another similar эсепс brought to mind was Clark Gable's rugged manhandling or Normo Shearer in A Free Soul."
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JOHNNY HURLS
Now Victor Maturo has de- ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING SPECTACLES OF BEAST One scene has been added-a reflexes, and they can remember finished her first venture brief pletorial Cashback flua-vised a new method of brutailty AGAINST MAN IN ALL JUNGLE LOVE!
trating her description of her towards women in RKO Radio's:
"Easy Living." Portraying broader, than a real encounter. in Hollywood (although she lost youth as a southern belle professional football hero in the
previously appeared and this broadness' permits the had
It was
her last day's work, nim, Vic is married to Lizabeth opponents to register dramatic before cameras in New York
the Scott, who co-stars with him, and, as
completed sho reactions."
and London) and, charming sequence she explained that Lucille Ball, Sonny Tufis
herself the hoped it would be excised Lloyd Nolan.
At this writing Fred Cavens ly,
pronounced
is teaching the art of puncturing happy about the whole from the final print unless it
hearts and drilling holes In thing.
gizzards ta Cornd Wilde,
Maureen O'Hara, Robert She even spoke glowingly of Douglas, Dan O'Herlihy and Jack Warner, the production
Alan Hale, Jr., for spectacular
fighting sequences in "The Sons chief at Warner Brothers and
Of The Musketeers."
her employer. who is usually
the bete noir of actors who work Technicoleur, is set in France for him.
"Perhaps we got along so well some 20 years after the era in which Alexandre Dumas placed because neither of us is com- tho characters of his original mitted to any further projects.”
story, great adventure
The Miss Lawrence suggested. Three Musketeers."
There have been, she added, It will bring to the screen the some extremely tentative dis- pons of D'Aringnan, Porthos and cussions of future pletures for Aramis, and the daughter of her, but nothing she could put Athos. Playing the last-named her finger on, and certainly role, Miss O'Hara will be seen nothing to create any tension. often in men's clothes, swagger-
Miss
her Lawrence made ing, romanclog and laughing at Hollywood debut, os o : dráh danger with her three male mother in the Jerry Wald- companions which accounts for Charles K. Feldman, production. her tutelage In the use of the of "The Glass Menagerie. rapler.
The
picture, she
bellever,
GERTRUDE LAWRENCE
and
Lizabeth is a selfish, anibi- lous, power-hungry
woman
who loves Mature only for his glamour and money.
When he finally sees her for what
she is, he tells her off in uncertain terras and hier hard across the face.
по
Then
Klaps
of
PICTURE
places
a final gesture in
complete contempt,
Vic
his thumb on her lips and slow-
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wouldn't
it
advise you husbands to try
out on your wives-at least not without a big smile on your. face.
Gigi's on the go
in Gigi Perreau, seven-year-old actress / who
fame in won. Enchantment" and "Roseshna McCoy," is the busiest little tyka. Hollywood. Just as soon as the finishes her present role of Susan Hayward's daughter in Foolish Jump to RKO
"I can't recall how many male ought to do justice to the play, slar I've taught to fence, but particularly since, Tennessee only three women," remarked Williams, the author,, adapted" Cavens, "One.
„Babelit--to the screen and e aqueladded to the total effect of the Samuel Daniels, then Dinnie Barnes, and Even hor famous comments on photoplay, now. Miss O'Hara, who pay deceivers were filmed "I would hate to have anyone Hadio for a big supporting role rapidly becoming as proficient and now await the opinion of think it was,; inserted just to to Irena Dunne reand Fred with the repler, as were; her the production code adminiss ziva Lawrence a chance to look MacMurray in "Come Share My
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