New Cinema Screen – Bognor Regis Observer – Friday, 06 November 1953
Transcript:

PAVILION, SELSEY. A thrilling NEW big screen is being installed at the Pavilion, Selsey, the first film to be shown on it is "CARIBBEAN GOLD" (Sunday and Monday), with John Payne, Cedric Hardwick and Arlene Dahl. This is a Technicolor pirate film. The story concerns the attempts of a pirate captain to exact revenge from his former partner who betrayed him and sold him into slavery. There are some thrilling sea battles. "LOAN SHARK" (Tuesday and Wednesday) is a crime thriller starring George Raft. The story concerns an ex-convict who becomes an under-cover man in order to track down a gang of racketeers. "MILITARY POLICEMAN" (Thursday. Friday and Saturday) in the icy wastes of Greenland. is a musical comedy starring Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney and Marilyn The film is set In the winter of 1944. A four-engined transport Maxwell. Bob Hope plays a fight manager who joins the Army to watch his champion lightweight fighter. Stanley Clements, but the fighter is declared unfit for service. In to stay, Bob meets Mickey Rooney, a young fight enthusiast and his aunt. Marilyn Maxwell. Bob, trains Rooney in an effort to impress Marilyn. and the resultant misadventures both in the ring and out plus a liberal dose of romantic and musical trimmings, culminate in victory for Mickey and wedding bells for Bob and Marilyn.

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