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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 17,~1950.

A SEAT IN THE STALLS

DAVID LEWIN REPORTS FROM SPAIN:

'But you can't rehearse a bull,

said Ava

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Daily, at 2.30, 5.15, [Daily at 2.30, 5.30,

7.30 & 9.30 p.m.

7.30 & 9.30 p.m. Gardner's matador

THE BEAUTY AND THE BULLFIGHTER Marlo Cabre and Ava Gardner... Interlude on the sot

The Saturday filmspot

Jean

Barcelona, Spain. The quarters of the film unit, it is British film unit out here open house for the visitors. in Spain were pretty green with his former

Roy Kellino talks about films.

Parelu, wife, the matter of bulls. now Mr James Mazon. They oven suggested to Masori himself appears on the Mario Cabre, Catalonia's beach for a scene. Then retires Number One matador, that to his villa to watch the view. for the film "Pardora and Ashing.

Out at ren Frank Shutra gues but talks about bin He pays! "But, you

woman

the Flying Dutchman" he career, Ahould fight contented know, I waver saw a cow, with false horns to woon I would not know what

to do if I did." make it look fierce.

He makes two ubmissions. That hurt Mario rather more The only singing lesson he knd Won the arrival of Frank way to broaden the range of his Sinatra. So the Idea Was voice, Ile cannot read music. dropped.

Instead, six bulls were bought Now he wants to be more (at £220 a bull), with a rebate than just a crooner. Gene of about £10 when a slightly Kelly is teaching him to act used bull La returned.

and maybe a dance step or twa,"

Sumatra, 33, and

former

the word newspaper boy believes that in "act" rs the clue to his future.

BULL PROBLEMS

But before long more prob lems about bulls cropped up than Ernest Hemingway ever dreamed of.

She

The word also worries Ava Gardner. She's tired of being just a glosy cover girl, wants to show that she can ready act,

In fact, the bulls became more important for # time than James Mason and Ava Gardner, the two stars of the Glm.

The first diny Mario Cabre The script describes Pandora, went into the bullring at Gerora the woman she is playinst. file the cameramen wanted to leave this: "Complex, moody, restless the gates open. They will spoil with the discontent of a fornan the shot, it was argued.. tic soul which has not yet found

Mario Cabro ex- the true object of her desires plained to Ava Gardner: "You Dov it worry Ava In be rehearse a bull." Bulls, he described like that?" should sant, are not prganized for Alm say so," she said. "It is almost makers.

Solemnly.

ine."

Then the film unit learned The role was anther thing about bulls, Your Garbo,

en fool them some of the time,

but not all the time.

Not after

minutes, in fact. After that

a huli ignores the cape,

Intended for

THE STATUES and

Apart from the buillighting noen straight for the mulador, there are interludes of car Afterwards came the question racing a historical excava- of the banderillas. In Britain tious in the film.

a film cannot show then sticking into a bull

So it was suggested that they be put on with suction. The bull would not really be hurt then But this idea was turned down. Pendors and the banderilleros were dismissed, and Mario is to Aht the bull with just a enpe.

That's for Britain. But for Spain and America there will be Banderillax

Sand producer

ewired

Sir John Cobb's oki car is cut for the est, and studio- made antiquities for the second.

Lake Gabriel Pascal, Who took spre pyramids to the desert when he made "Caesar and Cleopatra.", the im

ind

laking no chances.

nien

They have with them slightly

damaged ctnan statues made in the London prop department, Work here starts early and Albert Lewint Anishes late. First call is at 5.30 "We have one version for the in the morning. And the film world-and another nien stay at it until 7.30 at night. pleasant The shermen have their own for the people The assistant director. Mark Evans, who yells at the day, is "Mr Toll'em." Spanish crowd in English all

for Britian. Not remúrk to make.

THE DUMMY Now back to Barto. There is an even chance that he may be killed by a bull, But that does not worry him quite as much as bis part in the lan. This ro quires him to be gored by મી bull.

special

here..

namen

Of course, the really important me here is Mario Cabre, but Ava Gardner is honoured, too. She becomes "La Enrelia

For the shot a rubber dummy the Star. It is also the name of

the shape of Mario will be used. Said Mario: "It is terrible. It corded happen when I am not playing a part in a picture....?

Back at the Top head-

by LEONARD

MOSLEY

charts herself

a new

Rol

course

into the sunding the Rank Organisation

a popular local brand of beer.

-- London Express Services

WEEK-END

SCREEN FARE

(LEE

Hollywood. for (xample, Eas Then began the job of per-

Elizabeth Taylor public prints in a large way by to jet her do it. They protested ilding High just this method. And for Mis that it would inean overwork, LIBERTY) stars Ding

Crosby Taylor it is right.

She overrode that

and and R directed by Frank punaisted. Now at last she hoa Capra. The combination on the other hand, got her way.

commends itself. Bing owns a potential race-track winner and is "Cage of Gold," his dancer's pater wants him to into it with nsell it and settle down. The

fances

more

Jean, needed something: Гаг important. She needed Alm paria The fin

in which she could show off her and Jean goes

The most worried star Potential, but exciting, talents. sense of urgency. in British films at the mo-

re-

has a little sister who

At 21, she faces the crisis of loves horses, Coleen Gray is Did she get them? I ask you! her career, Can she do better the younger and successful herself the her masters sister, Frances Gifford the elder "THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY"ent (among the stars that They just "threw the girl into for

matter, mean)

Blm ("Uncle is Jean any old

Silas, have so far done for her?

Ione. The Blue Lagoon," "Adum and remains to be seen. is a shrewd Evelyne") because they wanted Simmons. She girl. She should be worried. to keep her in works and pick But give her credit for know- up any box-office popularity in that things are wrong-and On the face of it, she hasn't that was goi

doing something about it. She cas ure in the world.

acclaimed the most star ht the British

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1. Puss In Boots.

2. Hoadless Horseman,

3. Valiant Tailor.

6. Old Mother Hubbard.

4. Don Quixote.

5. Aladdin, Wonderful

Lamp.

7. Happy Days.

8. Jack & Beanstalk.

9. Jack Frost.

10. Bravo Tin Soldier.

Just been popular box-office.

HOARY LEGEND

Now agak they put her into

(50 Long At

At 21, she looks us lovely as yet another m

--(London Express Service)

June bloom. She has money it The Fair) which is thing Jane Wyman

the bank, a large car i the more than a five-tinger-exercise garage, and the Inland Revenue for a good actress. |authorities obviously love her,

the clouds

The story is Nat hoary old

But Jean is clever enough to legend about the girl who goes realise that, just over her per-

with her brother to the Parls arc Exhibition of 1809.

He disap pears in the night. So does the Blume a lot of hotel room he slept in. All tho thumb-fingered in executivesrvants

Fonal horizon,

curdling.

The reason?

who have

as Gertrude Lawrence?

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KING'S

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Doris is a waitress in one of the studio cafeterias who wants to become

star. Jack Carson is a director and Dennis | Morgan Is-guess what!-a star.

They try to persuade a pro- ducer to star Miss Day in D musical. There are a number of the lot Gertrude Lawrence would Warners' stars around

| UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL preagade- who get in the

the way of to

her Nee

camera.

include Gary They "A autobiography,

Star Couper, Joan Crawford, Errei The film gives Jean Simmons Danced," put on the screen Flynn, Sydney Greenstreet,

much opportunity of showing)

Eleanor Parker,

spent the lust two there,

with the Sina-

years fumbling

mons future, and not making a Fuccess of L.

deny be Was ever like

Own

Ronald

G. Reagan, Edward

When Jean Simmons fulled dancer performing

of her acting ability as a bullet with Jane Wyman playing Patricia Neal,

a pirouetto Gertie. Jane co-stars with Robinson and Jane Wyman, a blackel-out rooms.

the famous British actress "The and Kirk Douglas in Glass Menagerie."

a bright promise by turning in fine performance as Ophelia

jhy "Humilet," all the world -

claimed her.

HIGH PRESSURE

After recovering

SELF-HELP

The

from Esia

Texas (KING'S) is not the first flim about the life and times of the notorious Billy the Kid, but it is

On documentary

that lethal

I have no doubt that Miss Gertie thinks Jane would be claimed to be the first scri- Simmons is as disappointed with perfect in the part. Jane con from their her opportunity as I am. And both sing and dance and also astonishment at unearthing international And, the Rank Or- desperately needs a good part.

that is why she is worried. She acquired a cockney accent in character and tries hard not to

glorify hin. "Stage Fright," which she made Kansallon not together in con-

recently in England with Alfred

However, Billy snuffs out all of ference and decided to give Jean Last week she set out to get Uitchcock directing.

his 21 victims in the course of #r wallow in a bath of the one herself, She went to see

less than two sreen hours. highest-powered publicity they that spectacularly successful "A Slur Danced" details could think up.

British

whereas historically it took him picture,

Blue Gertie's life from the time, the the Inst two years of his life to War II's World They rushed the girl around was ever she was on the phone shabby London district, and tells to all the parties. They hooked asking for the director, Basli of her struggle to get started in iurphy, plays the role of Billy. moot-decorated herv, Audio her arm around other stars, and Dearden. called in the photographers. For mouths she was never free from A new stunt.

Now I have no particular objections to this kind of pros surised publicity-providing the tight sort of star is chosen for

JE -

The

Lamp," and ten minutes after it was a lttle girl living in a muff out 19,

"Have you a script you could put me into?** she asked him "And direct me in it?"

the theatre, and of her, wartime experiences entertaining troops from the Normandy beachhead BROADWAY) is,

The Rains Came (ROXY & of Course, to the jungles of the Pacific.

based on the Louis Bromfleld quite an old It runs the gamut from heart-best-seller and is He had a story over to her breaks to humour, and Gertle Alm. It was first issued at a that same evening, and soon thinks it would make a good me when no real life Indlan Jean telephoned again. "This is fim, especially with Jane play-prince for me," she said, --

---{ing Gertio. -

the had yet invaded Hollywood matrimonial market.

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