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BRANDO, LOREN STAR IN CHAPLIN’ S EFFERVESCENT ROMANTIC COMEDY, ''A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG"
Charles Chaplin returns to motion pictures after an absence of 12 years to direct a romantic comedy starring Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren, ''A Countess From Hong Kong," a Universal release coming ....... to the ....... Theatre. It is the veteran movie-maker's first film photographed in Technicolor, and in addition to directing, Chaplin wrote the original screenplay and composed and scored the music.
The story deals with Miss Loren as a Russian emigree countess who, after a night on the town in Hong Kong with Brando, a wealthy American Ambassador, stows away in his cabin on board ship with the intention of getting to New York. When she is discovered, the complications set in and the fun intensifies.
Brando and Miss Loren both are Academy Award winners. The former received his Oscar for his role in "On The Waterfront," while Miss Lorén's accolade as Best Actress was for her work in "Two Women."
Co-starred are Sydney Chaplin, as Brando's cruising companion, and Tippi Hedren, as Brando's wife. Patrick Cargill and Margaret Rutherford are featured, the latter in a brief sequence as an eccentric old lady. She shows again the caliber of acting that earned her an Academy Award for her supporting role in "The VIPs."
Airy, light and effervescent, Chaplin drew upon his protean talents in comedy to construct the gay story. Then he carefully directed every frame of film, and when that was completed, he wrote the score, replete with music that contains at least several hit songs. These include the title number, "A Countess From Hong Kong Waltz," "My Star," "Bonjour Madame" and "This Is My Song." Some of the score may appear later in the opera which Charles Chaplin plans to write and stage.
And as if all this was not enough, Mr. Chaplin appears in a cameo role fleetingly reminiscent of former days. He plays a ship steward who, quite humorously, is seasick.
Jerome Epstein produced "A Countess From Hong Kong."
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