1950-07-22 — Page 4

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GORILLA MEN KIDNAP JUNGLE PRINCESS

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JOHNNY WEISSMULLER as Jungle Jim

GORILLA

MARKT

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SUZLAKE ONILOW

MARSHALL DALBERT · STEVENS

Sutton Far the Serem by Carral Toung Besed pro te formos king Features Spacate appor Statwe

Dach by WILĒJAM CORKE

Profeces by KATZEAN

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1950.

FA SEAT IN THE STALLSIK

RUSH TO 'CASH IN' ON KOREA-BUT RED INDIANS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

Hollywood stakes claims to war films

Fram FREDERICK COOK: Dew York,

Hollywood studios, head- men, line-conscious as always. a famous violinist.

Chandler Cowles and Efrem Zimbalist Junior, non of

have been rushing to regis. Years ago Zimbalist met o ter their claims to war young music student called

Glan-Carlo Menotti, "Korea,"

Menolti, titles, such 08

TER a composer, linda cerisin "South Korea," and "Crlais quecera: even had a work or In Koren.'

two produced at the Metro- No films with these titles politon Opera. But no prolts are being made yet, but no were made. doubt Errol Flynn is ready posed two short

Then

he wrote

ond com- pieces called

Friends to hear

to go to the rescue of the "The Medium," and "The Tele- United States Marines. phone." Zimbalist persuaded

The people who handle some producer title-registrations tell me The friends were less that, fast as the studios have been to cash-in

them.

enthusiastle

on

than be WAS. Belleving that the pieces deserved a Broadway hearing, Zimbalist telephoned

actor

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TRANETTE MACDONALD La Pocta BARRICKÉ,

no

friend, Chandler Cowles.

Formed a firm

Together they formed a pro- ducing firm to sponsor Menott! on Broadway. They borrowed where they could, and financed the production themselves.

The result why d

May go to Broadway,

bet, ls Frederick Lonsdale's "The Way Things Go," now at for

they have not found an- London's Phoenix Theatre.

bring Present plans aro to artistic other Glon-Carlo Menotti.

over Glyn Johns and Ronald

success-Uni GUT there worr Taylor as Indian Squire, and the entire Weat

no pronta.

Consul." The $100,000 (approxi- mately € 33,000)

Record carnings

But

not

~London Express Service)

Judy Garland sings again

Justice at last for the Red End cast. Indian. In the new pleture of One of the season's biggest Then Menotti Wrole "The the week,

"Devil's Doorway." mualeals looks like being a play: on the life of Puccini, they he is portrayed as he often was, based that

blood-thirsty savage with a score adapted by, com- nceded to pit this on was but na a

normally inofensive poser-critic Deems Taylor and quickly subscribed.

The Cowles and Zimbalist_hud

man fighting for his life against book by Louls Verneuil A13

settlers determined lead will probably go to Jeanette: their own money in "The Telc-band of

MacDonald, phone" and "The Medium," and 10 sical bis land. had to be content with the Robert Taylor has switched producers' share,

sides, Now he is a handsome, young Indian, Just discharged from the army at We end of America's civil war, and the "The Consul" earned back its owner of some Korea, they have set up

cattle country Investment in 13 weeks, a record coveted by the white men, records.

for a Broadway operatic pro- Supkost piece of work in that duction. From that point

The crooked lawyer is Louis en, Cathern.

He tricks the Indian direction was Walter Wanger's everything has been clear pro- out of his innd, turns him into registration of the tile, "Pearl t for the young prekjucers an enemy of the whites on Harbour," in October, 1941, and the backers

Judy Garland is back into and the whose side he has just fought. long before the Japanese launch- triumph of "The Consul" tos cd their attacks,

fitted earnings from the carter tains of Wyoming, is a

The film, shot in the moun. the swing of normal life. Western She and Vincente Minelli, productions, now being put on with a new twist.

with their daughter, Lizn,| in many parts of the world,

Zimballst

From West End had dinner at La Ruo's. and

newest Broadway's

"wonder Another West End show They also went to Gene Now they are Blooded being talked of for Broadway Kelly's birthday party for with operatic scripts. But so production, probably in Octo-

Leslie Caron,

the 19 year old French beauty who will appear with him in "An American in Paris."

Judy had such a gay time that she even sang for the guests.

Three Harbour tlons on

Forgotten

days after Pearl there were six varia- the "Remember Pearl Harbour" there.

boys." But nobody

made a picture with any the registered Utles.

of

A long list of alom bomb Ulles are on Ble including "Atomic Busters," "The Atom Finder," "Atomic Revolution" und "Atomic Age" Lost February two producers put In their claim to "The H-Bomb."

Is

Monay in opora

there money in modern epera, on Broadway? Yes, It At least for two

50,

NO MORE FOR THE CHILDREN Because of the continuing aced for economy in the overall field of film produc-| tlon, the J. Arthur Rank Organisation has decided with regret that it is necessary to suspend its production of special films for children.

Children's Entertainment Films, the section of the Rank Organisation which has pioneer-

lins, ed this work

during 21 the past five years, made

short story

long story tl episodes and

Alma, 27

132

shorts,

children.

specially

for

These films and the Saturday shows at which morning club they are screened have been bighly praised by parents and by educational authorities, and

the subject of frequen commendations in the recently) Issued report of the Committro on Children and the Cinema set up by the Home Ome.

are

A

considerable backlog of rew is has now been bullt

As

up. This backlog Includes long story nims, one serial of 8 episodes and 32 shorts. These will be issued over an extended period of many months.

result of

of the decision, the work of Children's Entertain ment Films and the Advisory Council on Children's Filmi. which

Rank given the Organisation most valuable resistance sizer September 1944, will be in abeyance.

Cowles

LEARNING

arc

THEIR

LINES

Shown rehearsing for a new film in Hollywood are Gertrude Lawrence and Arthur Kennedy, who play mother and son in the picture. But you won't see them in these clothes because Miss Lawrence will ap- pear in something more matronly than slacks and a

brightly-checked blouse.

WEEK-END SCREEN FARE

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With two pletures still to do In 1950, June Haver stili clings to the hope of getting to Rome during Holy Year. She has a Warner assignment coming up Chasn't even seen a script yetj and after that she is supposed to go to Honolulu for "Friendly

Islands,

on

"But I'm going to be in Rome:

Christmas Eve, says June. "I want to see the closing of the door of St Peter's ballica. Once closed, it won't be opened · again until the next Holy Year, in 1975."

*

Jane Powell la n persuasive girl. Her husband, Geary Stef- fen, was baulking about the purchase of a house. Now, they suddenly make the down pay mert on a place in Brentwood, which not only has a swimming pool but a badminton court, They'll move

"Royal after Jano £niskes)

Incidentally,

Fred

Astaire Gays he'll make no pleturca after his one until March,

•

After looking the situation over carefully. Shirley Temple's admirer, Charles Black, is coming to Los Angeles to live He will either take n job with

a Los Angeles newspaper or with italiatect televiaton station. Shirley's divorce from John Apar will be final in December.

ta

which she

Shirley is waiting for the right picture to do. Her hopes lle with either the Bill Wellman story on Hollywood life would like to play the feminine heavy, a young actress ruthless in her search for a career, or the Dore Schary suspense atory, "Now I Lay Me Down

They leave

Since they can't take their Young Man With A Horn *Report on Hongkong" plane trip around the world, (QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA) documentary In the This the Jimmy Stewarts have decid -Trevor Howard mada 24 follows a formula that Holly Modern Age" series in an addeded to visit England. parachute descents during his wood has apparently devised for attraction of the King's Theatre by the Queen Elizabeth on wartime career in the 9th Air-Kirk Douglas. He replaces his The report is a careful and August 25. borne Division, but his courage boxing gloves in "The Cham-compact piece of work and does The last time Jimmy crossed: falled him when he went on plon" with a trumpet which he not forget the non-loo-beautiful on the Queen Elizabeth he was location at London's Royal Albert plays as prettily on he weaved squatter areas. There is tile a Colonel and shared a stale- Docks 105 The

Clouded his gloves about.

that it misses in its account of room with 13 other men. Yellow,"

in which ho is co- He never let his guard down the Colony and its importance Greer Garton and her hus starring with Jean Simmons. In "The Champion" and he as a centre of trade and a bul-band, Buddy Fogelson, were to

lo plended successfully with never rolls on his lower lip in wark of the West in n sca of have gone director Ralph Thomas to let this latest effort. As he ditched Communism.

on a trip to the Orient when the Korean war him play in scenes without

his manager In "The Cham- The Angel with The Trumpet stopped it all. Grect's six make-up.

plon", he ditches his teacher (LEE) sinris its run tomorrow months leave of absence from "The thought of a couple of bero. As a Anale, instead of it is the second picture with M-G-M is up on September 1 hundred tough dockers watching ending up puuch-drunk the Viennese background to come but there is no saltable script | me having make-up put on Young Man ends up drunk on from British studios in recent ready for her, yet. turned me hot and cold," vald alcohol.

menths and has been me widely Trevor.

Marilyn Maxwell and Buth acclaimed as Curol Reed's "The DAUGHTER FOR COOGIE Roman

replaced with Third Man"

Although she has more offers Google Withers, wife of Lauren Bacall and Doris Day, Starring the noted British to follow her latest picture, Australian actor John McCallum, the latter of whom sings pret- stage actress Elleen Herlie, the "For Heaven's Sake" Joan

The music gave birth to a daughter in atily.

Bad song 8lm follows the fortunes of Blondell lius decided

to sink nu London nursing home on Juno Eaves the picture.

middle-class Viennese family roots in Hollywood. The Perfect Woman (KING'8) from 1088 to 1045.

She hasn't ever rented an

27.

*

The baby's name is Joanna.faan effort to get a lot of fun Mark of the Gorttia. (ROXF apartment there but is living Google and John met when out of a robot woman. Though & BROADWAY) brings us the with her two children in a pair they filmed "The Loves of Patricia Roe stars, The is not access Weissmuller, an Olympic of trailer parked side by side Joanna Godden,* They the robot but only the Pro Champion 22 year ago, back north of Malibu, have starred together in "it fossor's pretty niece. Nigel again es Jungle Jim,

When her Dim La completed Always Rains On Bun-Patrick as the robot's

escort Nazis agalo get mixed up to jabe wants to buy a hours neur “Miranda" and the and Stanley Holloway: as his; the story.. They have hidden a Irvington, New York where her not yet released morgen version rather - bewildered valet help cache of gold that Jim is after children have their friends and of the London sage success, what la a fairly enjoyable and this is being guarded by a can continue in the school they

Traveller's Jog."

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