British Plans

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 18

British Plans

;. Elaborate-preparationa ai-e being made, ,-; •for the .development of -a ■large'-pari: of "• ■:■■ the site of; the British Empire Exhibition . ■at Wembley as a film centre in ; rivalry, to ■'■• ■'■ Elstree, says the'-'News-Chronicle." ■'• ■ \:\:\ The negotiations .have been, conducted ;•; at.'Hqllyjyoodby Mr. Ralph* Pugli, .who' , formulated .plans.'.for the production- of : films on :a' big scale at Wembley.' some , years ago, but'Svhoseefforts: to establish a. . ' British, 'authors' .film company;;-were';not ■;;; f crowned • withY success. •'..',';>■, . ; ■- -. .Members 'of, the trust are. lively;- to in-.'. ■■elude Mr.'. .Samuel Goiirtaukl, Mr. Claude ■ Gpdd'ardj Mr.'Phjlip Ernest Hill, and-Mr. ■ ■.Hugh-Reeves.'!,''.-•' ■ " '. .' ' ■-' .'■■' . ;'•. ■ ; -Three' of the'.seven.directors,of the.com- ■•.'■ ■pariy-arcto. be -Americans,. including"..Mr.-; ■/; .' Arthur :Hopkins,' the New. York' 'stagel;;- ---■; producer., ■' ■ •>-.•-• - >; '. . "•"- :-'" " •"' .'..■ '•.';.' ■• "' Mr.",K; H. ' ,'Gillespie, of Moss Empires, ; \ Whose'chief. theatre.is the London .Hippo- ,] ' drouie,' is .'reported.■ to ■ be one of jtlieißritr ,'. ■ ishI'directors.'., :'• •;■'. •'.'.".■!....' ■:"■ .. ; - '-■ -.'.: The.; idea-is} to make filmsriiri, English,•■■; " .French, •■•■■ German, !and Italian,1 and -there: ~: will' bei American; film supervisors, jdirec- ','■: ; /tors,'and 'stars, as well as British: directors!; '■and'plays.;./!.' \'..: 'i. ~.; ,: ;-■•■:;.:, ■■/ ■'■%■;)■ said thafcjthe 'new company/ isVen- ; ; ... dcayouriiig. to, secure'George-Arliss|aßione-v;. .of.'itSffirst.'stars. .' '.'..'■ !.'-.,..■;. .'}'■■':'■; .! -■'■,■>■'■■■':'■ , ' Tlie^acquisition of 15 acres; at .Wembley '~.;■• by. 'Anglo-American. ;;films - does affect : - ', in. any B w^y .;the: Wembley Stadium/ ithe- ■' ■^■'News^Ghronicle". learns..' One or.pore of ■''.-■?'■. - the Jbuildings! erected for the British' Em- ■. ,: p'ire, Exhibition,' it .is.'understpod, ; m'ay'!be, : "; ..' Utilised.,as studios;. '.■ .".•'"■-'■'■':,:;:'-^.;V ■>< k'J^M's ':V-v!". Associated! .Sound!,;'.Tilini ■Prdductions, •-,"; which sis' Under 'Anglo-German,control,''.lias ~ ''! sbeenjinaking':films on'■ parttbf;-ther'exhibi- ■;■. '■■ ;!tipK^grpund-at '.Wenibley-; for:,some ttime ;>,■ "past.1- • 'This: company' is": a" develppment'Vof ■; -;- t; i.Brijtish.^alking-Pictures':.^-;:■:;•■. ;"- %' '''^l Chevalier/Music:. ; ,' ".' .V:..'.:'; ;V \ :■:}■;■ .^■-.!pscac;'Straußi'ethe'^Contine■n'tal■;'cpl£ppseL^ f;.;:' ; has'.been?engaged by.-Par'ampuriti.W.write V; ?l tlie,',masie■:.;for.,. Maurice. Chevalier's'- next • !;■; . production, .ientatiyely ■'< tided' "Tjbe ; - Smil-';. ;{. 'inffLiaUtienant'." yltt}:thejnew•'film,;.which >,; f ti- j. WitjtHj aiidv;J^iriatt7-'•' Hopkfiis;Will:inaye tHe;;!;. V.t^^feninrinev.lei^si-?--.:!,:;''^.,--s;'-.';,'- '.-.<■;,' ,;.'V'| '■« \$

' , iiri<3erwbrldi film >tD:cbrstar "Clarai Bbw^ahd ■': Ga'ryvCp*opeV^'-T.h;e}s^ .' ."ed• by.'Kbuben'Mam^u]jihyformerly of :th'e ■■::' NewfYiprk"--TheaVre\Guil i d;;.'.The'suppbrting cast will-:i'.ielude>:siich' players 'as.v.Paui "-■; Lukas.^Stanley^1 Fields,-.••J;uliette ; -C6niptori',. '':■ ahd'GuyTliLibbee/^;'-; :'--j' ■-■■.. :<,■■'■•;,:•:;■•' y)'/-"i:'': ■■;■>■'Loretta;:. Young.':■ .vi;;.v ]-X.! :';'^■ •':':-'v;'r^'•'•'''" '•' : '■'. I LorettaCYo'ung,!Hh'.'..''iThe;'.,Truth:?About ■. youth;"..: .the'.'iFirst v: ;Natipnal ':and , Wita-- ,' phone 'iproduction' which t will ; be:.shown ';'v here shprtl'y,.'plays"|h.e'.rpre-oX'Pfayllis^Eric-r ./ sljn, 'whiyh'^was prea,te3 by ;Maxime "Ellibtt ■:'"■ in the:H." V;'Esmondx'omedy, ''When.-,We '~ We're; Twenty Tone,"'- from:,'which r v"The '/Truth 'Abput :Youth';>hVs!;;beenv adapted - ■ and-■ modernised.: •"■The'^eighteen-year-old' ■ /sUr::is.6uppbrtedAby,bayid;.Manhers,:Co.n-', :■•/• ■ way'iTearle,; and- Myrna'-Loy^, ; -• }';;':}. y;'; ;.■.;: Gainsborough. | ;'•',''. '.;-\',^- ;", ;','':"-■'. '■'.'£■. ;;.,■';' 1 ' Michael :. ialcon.^ofiijGaijisbdroijgh^Pic^ ;' ' tures,' has ■ speeded tip. stories for,; Gainsborough' fthis;year, [are.'"The; Hpund: r-. pf the'-Baskervilles,' "Michael and Mary," :." -with'Edria' Best^andfHerbert 'Marshall in •■' ' ; their: original/ stage} rbles,' "A;: Night in .* : Montmartre,".' based; onf' a >drama :by •■ Miles '■'■ ;MaHisbn,;wmch .will-prbbably-ibe directed, :■:'•': by Leslie/Hiscott,. and 1 GhostkTrain," ■;..;■ an adaptation of /.Arnold Ridley's thriller,: : ':': 4A:"BestiSellirl'V rty'ii^r ':•;:"'':: £-\-t::['' ■: :. "The "Libn.and the tanib," ;bne .oL. the .;,'..year's ;best- selling ;'mystery^ 'stories,/.has. L . been transferred 'to the screpn; by" Cblum- < •■' bia Picturesj.and;isjdue for.releaseishort- '•.': ly. iThis;itale of/the.' under world'was!, writ-, ,/ tencby Y E.' Phillips Oppenheim.., "The : Lipn ■ ~rfnd thesLamb iranvdn: "Cpllier's'Maga-. . ziie" in. serial "fprmi. and was; read'by, mil?, ; v'lipns of 're'adersj':''.rn"brii)ging1. itvtp'.the ',:' i .-. screen' Cblumßia' has 'asisembfed; a' cast'in- '. cjluding'Walter'Byfoin^Carnielllyers, who • plays" a.typical';vamp -role, Montagu Love,', . who ; plays a sinister master crook,' ami ißay-: ;mpna: ,;Hattbti. t, jririam; v Seegar -, has 'the- ,■.-. .Eeminine.'-role.,;;.':> ">/>;;'., ,-/;:'.; : ;'..'■ '-.■; ■/;,:■", •■' ■; v. : -Four : ;,piays/:/-;-r i 'Jft-;'':;;.'?;/.vr'/•' !:'-'.''"' '; Metr'p^Gbldwyn-Mayer announces that.it ■•••■naß':b6'ughtV ! thy'viriot.ion;:::i)ictur'e'.Ti^hiß.'Ito''1to : four; English'/;st!ige;; successes. These- are "PriVate r-Liyes,*' by Noel ; Coward,y ,"The v Man 'in!■; Possession;?'^^y '• II; M; ;HarwOod, .'V "The, Wayr to .Treat 'a .■Womati',"-.'. arid! :"By. ; ■.;CandlerLight.";sv/r:^:.i '•'wr'y:%.'':■'■ ;<" '.'^ J_ : V;-i*Bllnd.; ; Wjyw/*>^^- ; '; i \/v;(r;:;,."7.'j. -:':./.'- .■,:3/ : ":.v :.;' .':' I .waS'V'decided-:".upon.-, ,as ; ;;; the: talking.picture';'title',for .Sidney, Hpw-i .',': ard's; play;,: "Jlalf .Goclsi'.'..., wKicli ,original screen . title was,; brigiijally , "Eree :"L'p.ve," ~-' } and which' Hobkrt Hen'ey• pro'duced;at.Uni- /; versal'Cityiwith'tGenevieye.Tobih and: Con! irad.Nagel.'jwhpVmiaJdela grea ; t;i;.Mt l iny"A Lady^SurrenS'ers,""^^^ in v'the;; featuredJ roles/ .'■Others-in.:; Jh'e-; cast .'are^-SlirnV'SUmineryille,; ■ v Bertha/■Mann,,.-!';character:■;', '■•actress,'''.'an,d,; ~ •'George VlEying,j.former,'.'director.'1' • 'i' ;■ Jln'.:;Buslrieis.^;v: v;:;'■•';■.■ '• .t\.'i:s '■■' ./ The Paraiiipurit dramatic.'film'xo-starringi .'..'.; Claudette.;Colbert'.;'ahd.;.;.Fredric,.; rr-'March,! ;;'-,.which 'was.;aniiounc'ed'aeiVfASp'th^rjt. Mah'^: '\.~ 'Wife,".:' has ..-been '.t;etitk'd;'-"Ladies'iin;:Busi-: • ',-y ness;"-vltJ is. /.from'.faii;- original? jtqry;;:-. by-: -.•■.Aus.tin ■-. Parker; '/de'ajing'i '.withj-'a: ''■■'married "-; w;'oman; in Jbusiness^wholfillfciti: loye.: jyith; :^'Ker'"empl6y^r:;'i";Poroti^!'AJzner'..-.''direfete3;! '/,;. and? Charliei! ryuggles;'.Ginger^bgers,'. ilonv, ,;• ,-■ .•pbrt.v,.- ? ■■.:■■"■'■'■ j'<']}^!- *i:^^::, '':■■ ".! ;•'

r?■/Merely;;Mary;Ann.Vd ,: ";v:. w." ':;• : ; ..«xJ•':. ''■'£[.I S"'■] -Oiie •"of {most.important "Fox'Movie-1 j ;Jtone castingrannpuhcements-.tecehtly-was •■.;■ ' that making -known the, selection>of Cece-. ]■■ ' liaf.Loftus for; the;role, of the landlady ~in' .''Merely ;-Mary^ Ann," '.the; ■dramatic romance that win, mar^ screen appearance since.her operation1,: in ".:■ '.". Honolulu., forI'! appendicitis.. VMissYLbftua, :\- ---for 25 years; one'of the most popular, stars >: 'of ;New.^York' and Londonjjfirst.-was'.on;.;' the screen^in ithe'FoxVMovietone•produc-!-' ''\tion;vv"East-'Lyn'neVV.Jn|).^hiphvfhe.:Bharesr.:4--hocbu^s i.with)<Ann: ,;Har,ding,;Clivevßi;bpk,; • > ahd£Cbiirad('Nagel. ~.She Has; just-cbtnpjet-> ;. Ed ; a part iny.'-Bpctors' Wives,"' with. War-;" j tier, Bax.ter.aii3'Jbati '.Bqnnett;'■*;. s; ."-V":'?..;./• ; r V:■■.-,:.'■/; '.■■yr^ :;,;:'--:^H ./?■;.- ---":. .It;was during;the.fflmin'g;bf;"The':Lash;" ','' •■'. : Richard B.arthelm'ess'1 next picture: for First"'! .'■;• National■ t an'd:: •Vitaph'prievAthat^tlier-siar1." -f first learned1 'the. true, origin:- of the; 'word :. 1..----/'.-"Gringo,"''.whibh is :Si^d;.'b'y.'the'r:'Mexic'ansi: "■■ ; to'indicate' an American.- • He;I'learned :that '■"■•'.; when. the Mexicans; first .came into ■ contact,'';; • with/ American-pioneers'in' the middle 'of : the -nineteenth centmy, they heaid the Americans), sing an old Scotch .melody which; had found its way to Lower Call fornia.,. The' song was "Green Grow'the 'Rnshes.i!o!'',- A' contraction of the first ." t^vo: words', 'of ri he song resulted in the ' word: "Gringo.? Sterling Films' Next. !■ Sterling Films, whose production affih ate -was r.espbnsible for French Lea\e," and who ! hay just presented the y first A'iS,-F.1.-.fi}m;-:"City of Song," have made ',; plans -for; their'next British picture, an adaptation-of; lan Hay's well known sue..cess, "Tilly of'rfiloomsbury " Modernism. : , . ; "I?or vtßpivJaQye o' ijil,',* the Columbia comedy-drania,,'adapted from the magazine^ •'' s'er.ia^,: and'-stage .'story by! J. Leslie Thrasher,', soon.to -be" shown Jn New Zealand, , shows aVrti;enS' toward modernism in its settings. ; '\An entire apartment is furnish ed/in the most- elaboi ate modern manner -hchairs ofiall rshapes, black and silver panelled;'.walls'and ceiling, lamps of geo metricishapes^-oval, round, and rhomboid, ;paintings, and:, statues that breathe the spnit-'ol.'everythfng that is no\el and new Janet Gaynor. '. Janet: Gaynor is making her return to the screen after a vacation of several months; /Her role of "Angle" in "The Man Who Camp Back" pei mits her the fiill .gamut of,'{motions She progiesses •-from acquaint and lovable, unsophisticated cafe singer to the hard, bedraggled woman . of the world;:. '• Young.,,' / i . Sidney. Fox, the ingenue star of "Lost ; Sheep,"1.,\vas,recently signed to a long tei;m: con tract by Universal Miss Fox's , first.1 assignmenVat the studio, will ,l)e. the leading feminine role in "Gambling Daugh-ters,"-an 'original story which will be directed' by Hobart :HenJey,. who' has ' just completed; idirectionv of^:'"Blind Wives," featuring.'Gene vieye vTobin -..< and Conrad ■"NageU; '':?/.•}■ '^:.;U.V.Hv'!r;-' ( ' Ev*elyn.;Bren'tVNext; '{■<£/]'. \ ."Madame • Julijj,"> an;' adaptation ot the original ;'play,i by-Irving 'Kay . Johnson, Will go into/.productyon'."shortly, with E\eiynißreri^'mHke title1 rple;';accordiug to announcemeht> 'by Kadio ■ Pictures. Vie- . tor-,Scherfzingeri'will; direct." William Le ; Baron vWilllperspnallyi supervise the pro- ' -:.duction..V'.- -■/;■.'.'•,. ;"-\. ;. :: .;■''■