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AT IN THE TALLS

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PRE-VIEW: Vera-Ellen in her new Brialah murical

WALT DISNEY FINDS OUT

IT'S BRITAIN'S FORMULA

TO BREAK HOLLYWOOD'S 'MUSICAL' MONOPOLY, reports HAROLD CONWAY In SHOW TALK

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TOW more than ever, cinema au- diences are in a mood to welcome Arst-class entertainment of a light, enchanting niture. Who is to give it to them? Only Hollywood?

Brith! studios torn cut ne dramatic pictures. But too many of their comedy efforts honurmbly excepting Sir Stichad Bakon's little group a Ealing-induce anguish er blushes.

And, an far, we have not been able to touch Hollywood, in the best escapist enter- talment of all-song-and-dance uns in colour.

Up at Elstree, where Associated British and More Tellinan are producing: "Happy- Go-Lovely," they think they have hit on the right formula for a made-in-England musical.

DOUBLE Budget

That formula consists of bringing over no

How 15 men can crowd on

the Dead Man's Chest

When the Walt Disney version of Robert Louis PÉZZEZONOMInnaneste | Stevenson's timeless adven- ture tale comes to town this autumn, countless children will be chanting that "Yo- Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Ram" song, and myriads of picture- goers, old and young, will

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be asking how could 15 men crowd on "The Dead Man's Chest ?"

Research

Oliver Twist Visit Lont. John suiver. This was snapped at Studiow when Josh Howard Davien

in connection with the Disney picture un fafted the art of "Treasure Island." earthed Home interesting Robert Newton play Stevenson's

filence.

bunched Stevenson's writing career and how 14, was valued in the trade gume 70 years ago. TI movie will $2,000,000,

Amenen

threeter, Brues Humberstone the made "Wonder Foy" for Dauny Kaye); two Amerlean wars in Vera-Elen and Cesar Horo; an Anglo- Hollywood star in David Niven. And they are spending £300.000 CR th

production nearly double the average buttset Betish radies nowadays.

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This new picture hasn't had a cliner of being cheap. Holly- Woeul inadvertently. raw to that when they let p of vincipus. pert-faced Vero-Elten-who he Become Fred Astaire's latest leading uly.

They rul Fred-wont back so urgently that Elstree [8 having to work alternate Salur days and Sundays (nt double overlane for a borge staff) to park her home safely by Sep- tember 20.

NIVEN 'PANIC'

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Edinburgh provides the back- ground for "Happy-Go-Lovely," Cesar Romero takes the fore- ground, as on American pro- ducer, who rashly gate-crashes the classical

Festival ainu sphere with a touring revue,

They have given David Niven the role of a wealthy greetings- cord manufacturer; and Niven In content to be julged in the character, after a spell of un- sultable and unfair-casting on both sides of the Atlantic.

That spe came at a time when he seemed on the way to „brcoming a star in the world- popularity elags, What happens

at Elstree now is important to his career.

Though why-after doing what I gathered was satisfactory work for year-there should be a critical panic about my career just because of a few disap- jintments don't understand," he says. "I'm not worrying but, hen. I never do."

ROYAL FILM?

This year is Britain's turn to provide a new production for Performance. the Royal Film What pleture will e King November? and Queen With so few important ones in the making, the committee look like having the smallest choice

་་་ །། tost nearly

Previous to the appearance of "Treasure Island" in book form, ever.

the tale appeared as a serial In Present talk is that "The a rather obscure magazine for Elusive Pimpernel may be the which Stevenson Had received winner. (I would give David very little. its magazine tle Niven his third Royal show, was "The Sea Cook."

Second favourite: "Gone

man.

at them

to

He had written some short Earl" which ranks for British quota though Hollywood's Davil stories and essays prior to 1881 Selznick provided most of the and had been patted on the back money and his wife, Jennifer for them as competent crafts-Jones, for the prinelpal role.

In either case, Sir Alexander "Yet," he said, looking book | Korda-whose company pre. some years later, "Isents the pictures should have history about the famous

could not earn a livelihood," At the last laugh. Sam Goldwyn chanty

of and its legendary ence "Treasure Island that time he was 31 years old, held up the "Pimpernet" for over origin in the wake of pirate Allison in 1901.

was composed by Young Ewing Hying In Braemar, Scotland.) a year, refusing Da American

over 18 years withis sound of the sea, raid and battle with the after Stevenson's novel appear

showing until alterations were In 1883 he got the "remark-made, Selznick unsuccessfully gold ships on the Spanish ed.

able offer of 100 pounds from sought an injunction against the Ma. To all but a few, this

Cassell's" In advance of royal- shoying of "Gone to Earth." evidence will be

es for the book rights. answering the puzzle.

new,

The poem-sang hom which Stevenson quales the quatrain |beginning, "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest, Yo-ho-hy, and a bottle of rum!" was variously tilled, "Bead Man's Sung, "Batccancer" !! "Derelict." According to researchers.

CHICKEN FEED

For the Arst publication of the world's most widely rea novel, "Treasure Island" the nuthor, Robert Louis Stevenson received approximately $500 in British pounds.

Compared to the returns on modern best sellers that แอง chicken feed. But Stevenson was a thrilled with the sale n his first bont as

any young auther who sells the printers In of his initial tome,

Walt Disney's all-live belina Technicolour

The version of famous adventure tale revives the interest in dungerous sunken

story which Feel the Antipodes, not tu any sailor geur chest, accordingTM to old murilime tales, The reef was the graveyard of many a rate and his quarry, including The "teen" whose fate was sung by n surviving bos'n's mate after a terrible battle be tween two bureanex factions on the same ship.

PIRATES' GRAVEYARD

The Dead Man's Chest" ro- ferred to a

Stevenson Rol his reference frum Charles Kingsley's travel book, "At Last," published in 1871, the researchers say.

Stevenson's "Treasure Island' was first printed in 1803 as a book, then called "The Scu Cook." The extended sea chant we now see In print under the "Derellet" (A Reminis-

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WEEK-END

SCREEN FARE

Francis (KINd's) is about a tolking mule, and is about the pick of a varied week-end's film entertainment. The mule went to the war and was in the Burma campaign. With a suit- elent number of Burma veterans in the Colony, the film should be more than popular.

Rocketship X-M (LEE) is the first film since "Just Imagine" on inter-planetary travel and is a more serious attempt on the subject. This time the CICW start out for the Moon, losc

Added Attraction: "PAL'S ADVENTURE" control of their rocket and land

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on Mars. The film deserves the pable both for is unusual sub- ject and Rs excellent photo- graphy.

Ambush (QUEEN'S & AL- HAMBRA) brings un Robert Taylor in a Western. There are lats of Apaches.

In

The Song of Rainy Nighis (ROXY) is a Chinese Alm Mandarin dialogue starring noted Miss Pai Kwaur.

the

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Third possiblity and there Are few others-is Britain's "A hundred pounds, all alive Arsi opera-ballet m. "Tales of O!" he

Korda could still wrote his parents in Hoffman.' Exultation. "A hundred jingling, laugh, since that is also one of tingling, golden minted quid. hts projects. But, despite high- that wonderful? It pressure work by Moira Shearer does look or if T-hould sup- and the r.s! of the big company, port myself without trouble "Hollmann" may not be finisheit iri future. 21 is dreadful in time. to be a great big mun and not FOLLOW A STAR able to buy bread. It ("Trea- sur Istand has been for me a Treasure Island vally,"

The book, librarians estimate, has been read by 200,000,000 people.

PLAY EVA BRAUN

were

that I complained recently Branagemeris

neglectingg to follow up initial successes of

the West newemers to

End stage. Here is one satisfactory exception to the neglect-Mary Kerridge.

Some months ago. in "Bont- venture," this ex-repertory ac- tress played young woman journeying to the condemned cell; her personality proved as forceful as it was new. Then she disappeared, as suddenly as she

cargo,

to

Now Use Tennent management have decided to being Miss Ker- rigo back. She will play the part of a secretary (and some- thing more)

sclentine administrator In "View Over the Park" which opens a pre-West End run at the Lyrle, Hammer- smith, on August 20.

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This is a first play by C. P. Snow one of Our

leading nuveilsts, who wanted to call R "The Ends of the Earth." The management, however, weren't risking wrong ideas Ал tomers minds; it is proving dimcuit enough to entice them inside for anything at the mű- ment.

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Film ster John McCallum will play the scientist,

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Danischewsky (Whisky Galore) and Henry Cornellus (Passport to Pimleo) are now wandering about London's streets with camera and megaphone. Their Idea is to show how funny place this city really is-with n atory called "The Galloping Major."

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Their hero is a horse-not a very good or lucky horse. bought by o community- ot suburban Londoners: and the story is about its adventures up to and including the most un- usual Grand National in his-

Off to Vienna to play the part of Eva Braun, Bitler's mistress, in a film called “Magle Face” is Patrich Knight,tory. Basil Radford (who mug, pretty honey blonde wife of actor Cornel Wilde.

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