Portrait of Jennie is a romantic drama about an artist who begins a portrait from memory of a young girl he happens to see in the park. When he encounters her again, he realises that she’s growing into a woman faster than any rational explanation can account for. Eventually, the artist falls in love with Jennie. It’s not made clear until the end of the film whether or not he’s fallen in love with an illusion.
Portrait of Jennie is a haunting and beautiful film. It is considered to be a classic. It was filmed on location in Massachusetts and New York, with music provided by Dmitri Tiomkin. It was directed by William Dieterle and produced by David O. Selznick and stars Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten.
Destination Moon is a science fiction film which tells the story of a manned moon landing. In order to conserve fuel for the journey back to Earth, the four American astronauts are obliged to lighten their spacecraft. The film anticipated the actual American moon landing by 19 years.
Science fiction writer Robert Heinlein worked on the script and acted as an adviser. Heinlein is the author of Stanger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers.
Destination Moon was directed by Irving Pichel and produced by George Pal, who three years later went on to produce the hugely successful film adaptation of H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.
Kind Hearts and Coronets is a comedy about a poor relation who murders every relative who stands between him and a dukedom. Louis Mazzini is the poor relation whose mother was disowned by her aristocratic family when she eloped with an Italian opera singer. When she dies, her unforgiving relatives refuse to allow her to be buried in the ancestral vault. This sets Louis off on a trail of revenge.
Dennis Price is the sympathetic Louis, and Alec Guinness plays the parts of all the relatives. Joan Greenwood and Valerie Hobson provide love interest. Kind Heart and Coronets was directed by John Dighton and was produced by Ealing Studios.
They Live by Night is a film noir about Bowie, an innocent man who has escaped from prison after being convicted for murder. With two fellow escapees, he plans to rob a bank in order to get the money he needs to prove his innocence. But after finding love, he changes his mind and decides to settle down, until his fellow convicts persuade him once again to join them.
They Live By Night was directed by Nicholas Ray (Rebel Without a Cause). It stars Farley Granger and Cathy O’Donnell. The film was shot in 1947 and then shelved for two years. It was only put on general release after being screened at single cinema in the U.K. and receiving an enthusiastic reception there.
The Magnet is a very moral tale of a boy’s guilty conscience after he’s cheated a younger boy out of a magnet by swapping an invisible watch for it, and the adventures he experiences as a result.
The film teaches that good can come out of bad, that redemption is often undeserved, and that the most important thing in life is for us to use our talents.
The Magnet is an Ealing comedy directed by Charles Frend and produced by Michael Balcon. It stars Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh and a young James Fox, at the time, still know by his real name, William Fox.
ASSEMBLY ROOMS
Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey
‘THIS IS MY AFFAIR’ (U)
Screened at 2.20, 5.35. 8.45.
Albert Leiven, David Green
“THE DARK LIGHT” (A)
Screened at 4.0, 7.10.
MAJESTIC, CITY SQUARE.
Clear the decks for laughter:
Gary Cooper, Jane Greer.
“YOU’RE IN THE NAVY NOW”
Presented at 2.35, 5.40, .845.
Janis Paige, Binnie Barnes
“FUGITIVE LADY”
Screened at 1.0, 4.5, 7.10.
Majestic Restaurant, Fully Licensed.
Open Weekdays from 10 to 7.45 p.m.
ODEON, LEEDS.
Follow the U.S. Marines to the
“HALLS OF MONTEZUMA” (A)
(Colour by Technicolor)
Starring Richard Widmark
Screened at 1.30, 5.0, 8.25
Also: Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon, in
“GASOLINE ALLEY” (U)
Screened at 3.20, 6.50
Cafe Restaurant Open Weekdays 10 to 7.45
RITZ (A.B.C.)
Today, Continuous from 12.35p.m.
Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten.
“JENNIE”
At 2.15, 5.35, 8.55 p.m.
John Payne, Dennis O’Keefe.
“HIGH VENTURE” (Tech.) (A).
At 12.35, 3.55, 7.10 p.m.
Plus the world’s Best Newsreel
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TATLER – FESTIVAL FILM WEEK
“Kind Hearts and Coronets”
TOWER, NEW BRIGGATE.
Continuous 1.35 to 10.25
James Mason, AVA Gardner.
“PANDORA AND THE FLYING
DUTCHMAN” (A), (TECH).
Screened at 1.35, 4.55, 8.20 also
Cameron Mitchell, Amanda Blake
“SMUGGLER’S GOLD” (A).
ABBEY CINEMA
Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger in
“THEY LIVE BY NIGHT”
BURLEY PICTURE HOUSE
The Bowery Boys in
“TRIPLE TROUBLE” (U) and
“Frontier Again” (U)
CLOCK
Cont 6.10, Sat. 2.15, 5.55. 8.15. Jane Powell
“TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE” (U)
HEADINGLEY PICTURE HOUSE
Cottage Rd. 5.55, 8.15
Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh.
“THE MAGNET” (U)
HYDE PARK PICTURE HOUSE.
Cont. 6.15. David Niven, Margaret Leighton in
“THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL”(U) (in Tech.)
LOUNGE, HEADINGLEY
Cont. 6.5p.m. Sat. 2.15, 6.0. 8.15.
Stewart Granger and
Deborah Kerr in “KING
SOLOMON’S MINES” (U) Tech.
LYCEUM
Cardigan Rd.
Cont. 6, Trevor Howard, Anouk
“GOLDEN SALAMANDAR” (U)
RITZ, CROSS GATES
Cont. 5.45 and 8 p.m. Jane Powell,
“TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE” (U)
ROYAL CINEMA
6.20 and 6.30
“DESTINATION MOON” (U)
SHAFTESBURY
Cont. 2.5. “FOUR DAYS LEAVE” (U);
“Abilene Town” (A).
STAR
York Road.
Cont. 6.15 p.m. Richard Widmark,
Barbara Lawrence in
“THE STREET WITH NO NAME” (A)
STRAND, HUNSLET
6.0 and 8.15 Lisa Daniely and Hugh McDermott in
“LILLI MARLENE”