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A British Star ROXY The Current Rage Of Paris

whose

Joan Greenwood, performance in "Kind Ilcarts and Coroneta" has made her the current rage

of Parls, is going there at the beginning of September to star opposite the cele-: brated Frenchi comedian Hourville in a film entitled "La Passe-Muraille."

She will play a jewel thief in this comedy about u mun with the gift of walking through walls. Producer Jac- ques Barr and director Jean Boyer are delighted with Joan' Franchi secent,

the

An English version of film will be made simultaucous- ly with the French version.

It will be the first foreign fm Joan ha: ever appeared in

aret the

Organisation have released her for the dura- toon of the shooting.

Itanic

Under the Hide "Noblenzo Oblige," "Kind Hearts And Cormicia" has done record busl niss in Paris. The picture is

n great success in New York where it has done even better than the record-breaking "Whisky

Galore," (reflfled "Tight Littl island" for America).

MICHAEL TAKES OVER

Michael Redgrave is to take over Eric Portman's role in the An of Terence Rattigan's "The Browning Version," whleh An- thony Asquith will start mak- or at Phewood on September

with Jean Kest in the lead-

pin feminine part. theit entire

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20-CLAUDETTE COLBERT

JEAN MICHISCO-KLINNÄLLT JÖRKSOM

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with featured billing on thed his wife, troubled and screen and in the advertising ret..

avoided

discussing as well.

marital problems. The

Eric was to have repeated the A SELECTED PROGRAMME When Carol

Beed,

British rerne was underlined dramati-iste of the schoolmaster director, filmed The Third day by Hachmaninoff's Second creuled on the stage, but Mon" In Vienna he didn't have Fiano Concerto stealing Inteuse *11k Excellency," 1312

worry about star-power in the room over the couple's current Landon singe bil, looks his cast, with Joseph Culien, radio, The music bared theke being a prolonged success and

pitated thoughts behtud The he felt that he could not do

emingly innocuous conversa-atlee to both,

"Put another nickel In the nickelodeon. All I want is having you, And music, music, music." When Stephan Weiss and Bernie Baum composed the to popular song of which the Aida Vaill and Orson Welle above ditty is a part, they in the leading roles. really flushet the Hit Paratie jackpot.

for

Quite unconsciously, per- haps, they also tied right ined each night, Reed decided t musical

vique he had discovered a new stor into a phase of movie mak fing that bids fair to develop his film. As soon as

Liture was finished he ar- into'

powerful fremi; ranged to have the entire mus- namely, the unique 11s of cal score done by Karos

hi ither. music. rnuste, music.

In at least two current pie- tures the

muse is getting much attention as the actors

A Blushing Memory

Richard Todd,

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ench

After listening, however, to tion.

" Excellency" starts the strange, appealing xither

None of these earlier exam-330 each evening as well marie of Anton Kaas in a cafe ples was all-inclusive. For the laving a Wednesday. matince where the movie company

part they presented and Alming at Pinewood con-

background) tinues unifi 6.20 p.m. for certain unusually day. Thus it would be impos the only

matic sequences in the plc-ble for Erie Portman to op lure.

pear In the film without

CX- ceptional strain. So, regretful- In the eurrow

offy Eric bower out of the role "Wagonmaster" and "The Third wanted to much to play. When Fe Third Man" Man, however, the score is t opened in London, The zither haming firead nf music raie became the talk of Pie- wal

woven into the entire fabric offere, star in the part of An- illy. Thonisions of seconds each film and there is everyw Crocker-Harris, the in "The Harvy Lime Tuen remon to believe thint many middle-aged, unhappy schoul- From the Alma were sold. and good pictures of The near master, married to a faithless

platters soon became more future will be treated in simi- sunb (Jean Kent), sought after than personal in- or fashion.

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tructions to the movie's flesh-

"The Turd'

in

Innel-binud stars.

Min"

in showing now Amertua, where the Kuras who raner music creating a simt-

doesn't know a pas de deux sensation.

from the shup, shyly admits. that he once was a ballet dancer-with the Family of Great watching his single singular effort,

OUT OF SIGHT

Ben Johnson, Joanne

Uru, Ward

Royal Harry Carey, Jr., and Britain Fond are the stars of "Wagon-

and marter," directed by Joh

Fere, but it was the unique matical background t this **!! was wore thura any that had preview audien- see I've ever played on the der buzzing recently. Porcen," the Lapbome

Stan youg

Jones, CUDIA er ara said. any cars still turn "Cost Riders

The

Michael Redgrave will, there.

"Ham-

For the star, whose let" was ane of the

majur events of last season's Old Vic, "The Browning Version" pre- sts the acting role of the year In Britte ims.

Michael Redgrave's nerfor- uunces in films like "The Cap- tive Heart." "The Way To The Star" and "Fame is the Spur" were int.rrupted by

year in Three Came tome (ROXY & Holywood. BROADWAY) could have been

WEEK-END SCREEN FARE

a better film without Claudette Terence Rattigan has written Colbert, shouch IL Wig In the script of The Browning tended, apparently, to Riverson.

of Mia Colbert a chuner to claim Sky," the Academy Award.

QUIET WAY OUT

rest when I think hit it." wrote four ongs for Waggon Jin't that the evergreen Lying fo bed all day - and master"="Dust," "White Tops," ME Colbut doen't do well being paid for 11-1 what

her.

nĮ

It happened when Todd was "tzravens Wed" and "Chucka-vnough by the part of Agnes Michael. Cough is doing for his with an English repertory thea-walin Swing"--and shrewd Newton Koth She is an ac-part tu "The Blackmaller," at tre, and a ballet group put in John Ford hired the Sous of complicad Hollywood trouper Tintwood Studios. Playing Mal fu urgent call for muscular the Piements, noted cowboy could probably play Juliettering's tick husband, ne young man who could

of holdrical group, to stay out if the rele was demanded of spent a week lying in a com- three dainty females in his sight of the camera and record

fortable bed, writing letters, [here melodies in the scote

reading, drinking cups of ten the film.

*** story would have been and being cared for by Mar. The rerul a haunting and best prevented with a enst that.

well any

Michael's only complaint known "eting lyrical impresion that excluded Transcends in interst almost

The ninthet he has to dig in the film. personality. the fine performances of the hoses some of the realism that nuncie Fury" he was shot. In "Anna Karenina" he died of would have made it memorable. picture's staя,

These songs are so cleverly It is

Celbert's amplion, in "Saraband Fur not Claudete

Dad Lovers' he was killed in

wat

"The frana director put his Buster ca me. ang thes [nothing I could to about it,"

Todd recalled.

INTO LEOTARDS

steven

Is

So he clipped into leotards, written and handled." wrote fault. The story in well-pre- stomped onto the stage with one Hollywood trade paper eri-scated. She does her beat, but title and in "The Small Back

everal pairs of royal eyes up-te. "that they become

that he was blown up. This 40- the J

Jef: la impresion en him, and awkwardly forced inite part of

Claudette Colbert rather than me he dies quietly in bed. the ballerinas around in what There are two nolabje

Agnes Newlon Keith was on!

ILL-NATURED

of the drama.

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he hoped was the required rent examples of background of the three who come home.

musie which many rammer,

competent It still an umeual Bm and

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No self-respecting production "It was a terrible thing to cbservers believe will be fol- well worth the Journey to wit would build a forest happen to anybody," he said. "1] Inwed by numerous other un- Causeway Bay or up Nathan in a film studio without mak- Kew-arsel still know-leza ustal motion picture scores. Read way.

ons? some arrangements for than nothing about the ballet. There have been in the past a

moving branches a little to give I'm a soccer player, not a slot number uf examples ni Intermezz (KING'S &he woods "life," Iritter.

similar unique quality which, LIBERTY) is a re-issue of the although scattered and isolated, ülm that was Ingrid Bergman's But no such arrangement was Anyway, that's what he got might be worthy of

recollec first In Hollywood. Starring ad on by nature when a Pine- for having muscles,

which tien.

with her the late Leslie wood unit took their cameras brings him right up to date,

Howard, The Tim K'กะ

to woods near Aldershot for because in the forthcoming Al-

claimed in a time. It has lost tues of Margaret Lockwood fred Hitchcock mystery thril

Clark fu "Highly ler, "Stage Fright" Mr Τολεί

little of ile original attraction and Dane

music und bas to

a refreshing:

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Dangerous.

"

heat wave the

ON A TOY TRUMPET

Rack in 1934 RKO Radio! make romantics with those "The Lost Patrol." One od two of the most fascinating and scene showed Douglas Walton, Miss Bergman of the era when During the energetle women on the screen a young British subaltern,

on Hollywood' hadn't really pro- forest 1oration was so still that tudny, lovciles Jane Wyman uard duty at a desert out-perly gut to work on her.

chector Roy Baker asked for a nt Marlene Dietrich,

pest. Victor McLaglen

wand machine to be brought Beyond Glory (LEE) brings from the studios. out to buck un the Ionely, homeslek Ind, and drew

him back a feminine lead of whom into talk of his childhood.

we are seeing too little-Donna Reed. Against West Point}

❤

"And that, sighs Tod. "was us job for a weakling."

20 YEARS OF HITCHCOCK

went

It was a tear-Jerking, lump-background, the plays opposite Few Film Fans know that in-your-throat scene-but what Alan Ladd.. Alfred

Ilitchcock.

film

They Say

(QUEEN'S presents

FROM week's show busi- [ness notes:—

Ran

Scott and you

drove it home to every master maker of movies with suspense the background score by Max ALHAMBRA)

fan who saw the picture was Colt .45 has been directing talking

Steiner that corried nostalgic | dolph pictures for more than 20 years musicnt phrase played on a toy struggle to get in if you don'HARDWICKE to his 18-year- That long ago, In England, ho Idirected that country's first trumpet. talking picture, i thriller titled "Blackmufl." latest effort

ARDEN & HARPO

1,000

A

markable effects in "Stage China, Japan and Turkey."

lot of letters t week also

wi TIS advice by Sir CEDRIC hook early, The reason? War-fod on EDWARD at school in John Ford, who has alway

"England: "Don't become an act Brothers announces in ncr appreciated the value of music recer bulletin that he Ketstor. There are too many good Is Warner Bros. "Stage Fright." contributing factor to the 1,000 fan letters

on unrs. Try politics, where the a week from: moet of a picture, attained re-

competition is less."

TJUS conch" cleven years ago with n'fh

enbaret quote rench Randolph from

to Arden's new tailored bilden, accordion playing

Hong-BNODGRASS, the dummy old an

kong. Ле hair-do for "Tea For Two" at Wester songs,

though Accordion

Randolph CANFIELD SMITH, the best. Warners is so short that she calls) music also was

Scott wasn't sufficient to pack ventrilogquist In London: dominant Er It a "modified butch" and says "Of Mice and Men."

them in, Ruth Roman is in the working my fingers to the wood that it makes her look liko "Brief Encounter" had'

lim too and she's an altructive] for you." one Harpo Marra

gripping scene wherein a man girl.

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