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In Bangkok, Thailand, Mr, and Mrs. Hitchcock were accorded the rare honor of being received personally by His Majesty the King. Standing in rear is Paramount Manager Ghana Chaikijkarana, and Mrs. Ghana is at left.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S FABULOUS FILM JOURNEY AROUND THE GLOBE
Alfred Hitchcock, who has been making entertainment pictures for all the world for quite a few years, late last year dec¬ ided to find out at first hand just what the world continues to want in the way of film fare.
Following the Royal Film Performance in London, where his TO GATGH A THIEF was the honored film, he travelled Eastward to Hollywood, with important stops in many European cities, in Gairo, Bombay, Rangoon, Bangkok and Tokyo,
Pictures of his stops are on this page and throughout this issue. More will appear next month.
Since outside photographers are not permitted to take photos within the Royal Palace, this photo was made by the Royal photographer. We have 'recei¬ ved official permission for its publication,
Mr, and Mrs, Hitchcock also were received by Her Majesty the Queen,
HOLLrirfOOD Back home after a thrilling round-theworld journey, Mr# Hitchcock faces a barrage of very pertinent questions from representatives of both forsign and domestic press# His remarks, we are happy to add, contained many fine tributes to the Paramount personnel in so many countries who contributed much towards making the eminent director's visits so inteiv esting.
TOKYO At the celebrated Ueno Department store, Mr. Hitchcock, aided and abetted by Mrs, Hitchcock, virtually re¬ enacts a scene from REAR WINDCW.
BANGKOK The director of many Paramount hits meets one group of Paramounteers who know how to do full justice to hit films — the Paramounteers of Bangkok, To the left of Mr, Hitchcock is Manager Ghana Chaikijkarana; to the right is Accountant Oab Tailanga, Stan¬ ding, L-R: Boonsong, typist; Sawang, office boy; Mrs, Aree Suwansathien, Booker; Miss Phaipan Tangtrongchit , Assistant Acc¬ ountant; Sunai, Snipper;Somsakdi, Customs qierk; Chote,. Accessory Clerk, Above the group is a beauti¬ fully wrought banner reading "Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Hitchcock Wel¬ come to Thailand."
SINGAPORE This was an incident at the Cathay Theatres' party to Mr, Hitchcock, at which the guest of honor did not show. For our caption we'll quote the one from the Singapore Free Press, to wit: "Somebody at the party tnought that that was Mr. Hitchcock's 'stand-in' talking to Mr, Loke Wan Tho, the host. It turned out to be Odeon Theatres publicity manager, Mr. A.Kanappan, When Mr, Loke heard about it, he roared with laughter. So did Mr. K,"
CAIRO Looking for all the world like the star of thaj all-time cinema classic, THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MUM¬ MY'S MASTER M/.GICIAN, Alfred Hitchcock is snapped inside the internationally famous Egyptian Museum of Antiquit¬ ies, In fact, on one of the very spots wn< were made c of THE TEN
CAIRO While in the Egyptian cap¬ ital, Mr. Hitch¬ cock conferred on the Egyptian Lan¬ guage t rans la tlon of THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY with Branch Manager J. A.Bartolotti, in centre, and Mr. Ezz El Dine Salah, Egyptian transla¬ tor of the pict¬ ure.