Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 13, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday december 13, 1945 Pace with prank. Anna and the King of Siam Impact of a West when the critics dig into their Ern mind upon one that is try files any Day now and come up with their Best of the year lists you can be pretty certain that they number Anna and the King of Sian with the elect. And to get further out on a limb with predictions i la also Lay a bet that Rex Harrison will at least win a nomination for an Academy award on the strength of his portrayal of the latter half of the title role. Tor the film which opened at the Capitol theatre thursday is both a. Visual Delight and a heart warming experience. Against the kind of opulent background that Hollywood does so Well is played a tenderly Beautiful Story. And it is a credit to this understanding adaptation of the Margaret Lon Don biography that the plot is never swallowed up in Scenic investiture. The adaptation by Tal Bot Jennings and Sally Benson is one of the most distinguished of the year. J a conflict of ideas the movie realizes superbly the conflict of two sets of ideas and the flame american floor show every night at dinner at dancing at 9 conventions staff parties weddings banquets and organization wind for reservations phone 56 826 new year frolic dec. 31 St make your reservation now watch for the Neon sign we Are closed on sundays for the Winter months. Ing to adjust an ageless Oriental philosophy to a changing and suspicious world. Irene Dunne As Anna has never Given a More poised and witty performance and she gives it much More warmth and understand ing than has been her habit in the past. Rex har Kex Harrison Rison As the King gives the kind of portrayal that is Worth a Gross of adjectives. Those of us who have regarded him As an excellent exponent of Light roles in such British films As Blithe spirit and the notorious gentleman will find added to this poised gift a very real feeling for characterization. It would have been so easy for an insensitive actor to have made it a caricature in Pidgeon English. What Harrison does with the part is to make it vastly touching and believable. They add to its strength some liberties have been taken from the Book but they Are legitimate ones and they Only add to the strength of the screen play. The Story is that of Anna Owens a Young English widow who arrives in Siam with her Young son. Anna has taken on the task of serving As governess to the Many wives and children of King Mong Don Winnipeg s most exclusive supper club featuring Continental dishes dinners served nightly 6 till 8 dancing 9 till 1.30 reservations 650 Pembina Highway pm. 44597 Normandy dancing every night dance Gar Gillies and his orchestra sat. Mite at the Winnipeg auditorium sponsored by the Kinsmen dub admission 50c at the Cave now featuring Johnny Bering a i orchestra make your reservations Early e for the festive season phone 28 040 the Village Nite club opens every night at 9 . Except sunday late supper served Chuck Barber and his top flight band Don Carlos presents wee Bonnie Baker the of Johnnie of girl with 14 piece orchestra auditorium monday dec 16 admission tickets on Sale at j. H. Mclean Ray Hamerton and Don Carlos Casino dancing 9 to 1 . Donkeys and frontiersmen Xmas Bazaar dance floor show fun fest in Aid of benevolent fund Marlborough hotel tonight admission 50c tickets make new year s eve reservations now and avoid disappointment for reservations pm. 54 433 opening tomorrow night Casa de Carlos in the Beautiful Marlborough hotel music by Don Carlos orchestra tonight Patterson s barn n and Keewatin this is Jive Nite music by Glen Frain and his buckaroos remember sat. Regular dance wed. Old timers Dan Ca thu. Modern and old time dance see Corke s 5th annual Diamond Sale tremendous savings j advertisement on today s society Page notice to parents a moving pictures shown in Manitoba Are classified by the Manitoba censor Board As follows adult Means not suitable for juvenile entertainment general Means suitable for family entertainment this classification is published to help you to select films which will provide suitable entertainment for your children. Manitoba Board of moving picture censors Kut. She finds a Monarch intent on raising his people up and acutely conscious of the fact that his kingdom is surrounded by a suspicious world. Anna who has winsome stubbornness on her Side wins the King Over and at the last she finds she has Learned a Good Deal herself. The picture highlights this plat onic relationship with a Good Deal of wit and the temptation to Sug Gest a Romance Between the pair must have been an almost irresistible one. But it is resolutely put aside in favor of a vastly More effective dramatic situation. Subsidiary performances although the Burden of the film is carried by miss Dunne and or. Harrison there Are a number of subsidiary characterizations that Are beautifully done. Noteworthy among these is the work of Gale Sondergaard As lady Thian a first wife of the King. The wistfulness of lady thing in her willing Ness to stand on the sidelines and see her son the heir grow to Irene Dunne manhood under the guidance of Ann is beautifully projected by this Fine actress. It is a rewarding role for someone who is Able to suggest rather than plumb its Depths. Equally effective is Lee j. Cobb As Kra lahome the prime minister. I the prime minister who has an enlightened mind is the kind of Man who realizes that the slow drop of water upon a Stone can sometimes be More helpful than an Avalanche that will tear Down his land. Linda Darnell who is giving a starring name in the Billing plays Tuptij the King s favorite who pays for running away by being burned at the stake. She does very Well by the part. These Are the people who have the Burden of this Fine movie. You will find it a film that is Well Worth leaving your Christmas shopping to see. Sneak preview the sneak preview at the Tiv Oli theatre wednesday night was the searching wind co starring Sylvia Sydney Robert Young and Ann Richards. The movie is an adaptation of the Lillian Hellman play that had a Long run on Broad Way and later on the Road with Dennis King and Cornelia Otis Skinner in leading roles. What s on today . Plans labor education Bill Washington dec. 13 Long Range programme for the improvement of labor management relations and generally improving the lot of workers is contained in a Bill now being drafted asking the next Congress to appropriate for labor educational ser vices r the Bill is being prepared8 by the committee for Extension of labor education headed by miss Hilda Smith one time Dean of Bryn mawr College who has been interested in this work since 1921. The committee has the backing of both the american federation of labor and the committee for Industrial organization and its activities Are welcomed by the administration. First Rwjr pictures Anna and the King of slam drama starts at 11.20, 1.50, 4.20, 6.45 last Complete show 9.00 selected shorts adult. House of Dracula mystery starts at 02.00, 1.50, 3.55, 6.00, 8.05, 10.10 selected shorts adult. Black Beauty drama starts at 12.10. 2.35, 5.05, 7.30, 10.00, danger Ous business drama adult. Starts at 11.00, 1.30, 3.55, 6.25, last com plete show 8.50. Janle. Gets married comedy starts at 11.10, 1.20, 3.30, 5.40, 7.50, 9.55 last Complete show 9.20 selected shorts general. Angel on my shoulder drama starts at 1.05, 3.15, 5.25, 7.35, 9.54 last Complete show 9.20 selected shorts adult. Rio gentleman from Texas Western starts at 11.00, 1.00, 3.05, 5.10, 7.15, 9.1m. The Shadow returns mystery adult starts at 12.00, 2.05, 4.10, 6.15, 8.20, 10.25. Other attractions Arlington night in Paradise drama in fast company drama adult. The 39 Steps drama the Brighton Strangler adult stage show starts at 3.05, 6.15, 9.30. The crusades drama country Hospital comedy. Captains of the Clouds dra selected shorts general. College bad Bascomb drama the Beautiful cheat drama adult. Too Young to know drama Pride of the Bluegrass drama adult. Hold that blonde comedy George White s scandals musical Gen eral. Of burlesque drama Young and willing comedy adult. Follies musical my name is Julia Hoss drama adult. Drama Frontier Days Western adult. Brown comedy dark Corner drama adult. Goes Maisie drama double exposure drama adult. Giant comedy bedside Mariner drama adult. Sisters from Boston musical girl in the Case drama general. Antonio drama let s go steady adult. White s scandals Musi Cal Tarzan triumphs drama general. Young to know drama re turn of Frank James drama adult. By gaslight drama Bonnie Lassie musical adult. Of Monte Cristo drama delightfully dangerous comedy adult. Ranch drama meet me on Broadway musical adult. Each his own drama the Falcon s Alibi drama adult. In the dark drama live wires comedy adult. Wrote the Book comedy Gay Senorita musical general. And Tell comedy one body too Many adult. Of their lives comedy a yank in London drama general. Of fury drama week end in Havana musical adult. In Casablanca comedy strange illusion drama adult. Scarcity of bags further limits the arrival of supplies. Argentine Corn advanced 4% cents in the january future monday with the close at closing prices quoted spot Rye unchanged at 1.74% and Oats and Barley both Ivi cents higher with Oats at 79% and Barley at London. Celanese limited plans a 000 expansion programme. During the next few years. Famous players theatres give famous players books of gift tickets for Xmas Elf cum today 2 Active demand for Argentine Corn Tjenos Aires dec. 13 demand for the old crop of Argen Tine Corn is Active according to Broomhall s dispatch to the Winnipeg free press today. However the dispatch advises that receipts of this Cereal Are Small and the m held Over for a i a a fed adult v Paul Muni i Claude i Rains Anne p Baxter pm Statuta Lyra Haiti time of their lives Anna Neagli a yank in London general sat. 1 matinee Rodeo Rone contest Ziegfeld follies color Nina Macready my name is Julia Ross adult color cartoon another big cartoon party saturday morning at 9.30 special riddles program saturday matinee doors open 8.30 . All your favorite cartoons on the stage h Aldane the magician Ion Chaney Martha John Carradine Lionel atoll selected shots adult adult James Mason Phyllis Calvert Stewart Granger Tan by by gaslight a love Story that started a nation a Bonnie Lassie in technicolor with featuring Black an Jack Davis assisted by the Beacon Melody maids on the screen Roffat. Dinar Madeleine Carrol the 39 Steps the Brighton strangled Java place Margaret o Brien bad Bascomb Beautiful cheat adult the a Marx Brothers night in Casablanca Jimmy Lydon Sally eiders strange illusion adult Pii Refl Joan Leslie too Young to know Henry Tierney return of Frank James adult starting saturday Road to Utopia and Caribbean mystery Rose John Loder Lenore Aubert wife of Monte Cristo Ralph Moore delightfully dangerous Adu purge Errol Smith san Antonio color Pat Moran let s co steady adult Roxy Butch Craig boy s ranch Marjorie Brady meet me on Broadway Adu to duper i Shirley Courtlan kiss and Tell adult Jack Parker one body too Many Merle Bey night in Paradise in Terni Couoh hoi lrfi3rth.i East Side kids adult in fast company times j Ginger lady in the dark color East Side kids live wires adult Bird s Abbot and costello Little giant John Hussy bedside manner adult Tyrone Tierney son of fury adult John Paye weekend in Havana color Kings Ana Mukhi up goes Maisie Chester Keity double exposure cartoon ;