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Illllllllillllllllllflllllliitllllllllilllli f!11II111i1111i111! 111111M!! 11:1n11! 11!n n!!i 1111 i!! [ 1111 III[111i L'niiiiiiiituutiiiiiiituiiiiHREG WHITLEY at the PicturesiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiitniiiiiiiiiiiiiiThe old/unsbackTpHIS Is “old uns week at the of Bonnie Prince Charlie in a distinctly A cinema, tor It Is the stars of £**^lon of Robcrt Loubj Su,ven’ the old brigade who top the bill In the new films I have seen.son's novel.The fighting Is tierce and sprctacuAnd these old uns. whose combined years add ud to nearly 200, can still give the youngsters a lesson in screen-cratt.giuinglar, particularly aboard the pirate ship that Errol has joined In order to col*That stormy petrel. Errol Flynn, gr ....... „ v__________'—in n7 ! .Master of Ballantrae. duelect the ready for a stylish return to his beloved Scotland.He not only collects the cash but one Irl friend for keeps, and another who ays down her life ior himputs up a smashing performance ----- ,. . , . ..sense of the phrase—in “ The Anthony Steel plays his brother, Rogerever;to open Llvesey his Irish pal. Beatrice Campbell *oon at the Warner. Lclcester-square. the girl who gets him, and Yvonne Fur* Errol is in his element in a fighting neaux the girl who doesn t-role: he battles with his brother, a Ye Olde Hokum; very well presented.SIrate crew, and a goodish part of ihei ■ ‘Iritlsh Army as an active supporterLaughter at WorkLONELY GARY' , . American airmanA NOTHER old ’un gets quite a bit of a crash-lands years .xA. Hi 'In Return to Paradise near her home.wholaterdoing(Odeon, Lelcester-square. West, now), a Roberta Haynes. GarysI 501 ~to BAD pictures—not entirely to TV—and that GOOD pictures wouldromantic drama in South Pacific settings, leading lady, made her Gary Cooper plays the part of a lonely debut with him in “ High man who frees the inhabitants of a lovely Noon” but you never saw Island from the tyranny of Its ultra-puri- her because she stayed on tanical leader and his force of brutal ^ cutting-room floor, wardens.This Involves Gary In a lot of fighting and a love affair with a local lass brought up on her tribe's tradition thatbring back the customers lOl:Good escapist /are.CENTURYIn a big way.Now the cinema Is enjoying a boom. And an unpretentious yet excellent British comedy Is one of Ihe leader* of tills back-to-tbe -cinema move.a girl must have a baby before mar- rpHJB combined ages of riage to prove that she will make a good A stars In “ Scandal wife. at Scourie ” (Empir e.Another of Gary’s Jobs Is to help bring Leicester square, now) the baby into this world, for there is r.o mount up to 100 years, but skilled help within a couple of days' Jour- their work is marked by ney when the child arrives. the poise and polish of theIhe baby daughter, I may add, follows experienced trouper, in her mother's footsteps by falling for an Greer Garson, red hairshowing up gloriously In Technicolor, docs well asWay back in May I wrote of a picture called “Genevieve*: Its preview evoked more laughs than any film since ' Limelight ‘—a picture that vacks a laugh a minuteSMILES NOWthe wife of a prominent Protestant politician who objects to the adoption into his home of u small Roman Catholic girl.rjiHIS comedy about anTheir C.\nadlan villagecommunity take sides the matter to an extent that nearly breaks up thehappy home. Waalter Pidgeon plays the bigoted citizen, and Donna Corcoran the little girl victim of his IntoleranceModerately entertaining.BOOM TIMEI HAVE always thought *■ that the recent slump in film attendances was dueold motor car—a film that cost about one-sixth of the Chaplin picture—is now giving the mighty v Limelight a real run for its money.In some places in the Midlands and the North It has actually beaten it at the box office.Genevieve is certainly the screen romance of 1953. making downcast cinema men smile again Also heluinsr the current movie boom are Moulin Rouge Call Me Madam, “Roman Holiday” “Shane. and the re-graded Certificate “A” “Quo Vadis. which the kids can now see if accompanied bv grownups.of -
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