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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 102, 2 May 1931, Page 5 (Supplement)

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REPLIES TO INQUIRIES.

tj. 13,—Write Janet Gaynor, care Fox Studio, Hollywood, California. g£j£---"Broadway Melody" had its 'Auckland premiere in August, 1929, 'and "Gold Diggers of Broadway" in December of the same year. jj.3 —Write Eonald Colman and Mary Kckford, care United Artists Studios, Hollywood; Madge Bellamy, Fox • Studios; Clara Bow, Paramount Studios. Most of the photographs can ; be obtained gratis. snBSGBIBER.— You are apparently confusing J. Farrell Mac Donald with diaries Murray, who has appeared with Charles Sidney in all the Cohen-Kelly " rictuMS. Mac Donald was last seen in "Song o' My Heart," *hut did not have ; a part in "Paris." T£AI/0.— Syd. Chaplin, Dorothy Mackaill, iCuve Brook, George Arliss and Jack I Buchanan are English by birth; Norma Shearer is Canadian; Pola Negri is Polish; ; John Garrick, Australian; William Powell and Joan Crawford, 'American.- All except Jack Buchanan are naturalised Americans. Pola Negri has not appeared in a sound film and has no contract so far. She is evidently living in retirement in Hollywood.

«Bebound," the famous story which so successful as a play, has been purchased for ,the .audible screen. E. Griffith, to .whom goes the directorial credit for "Holiday," has been assigned to the earne post for "Rebound." The supporting cast is to be chosen imme- : (Bately. v, June Macdoy has been chosen for the feinnune 11 lead opposite Charles Borers;. Skeets Gallagher and Stuart Ermn in "Manhattan Musketeers," ■ the sequel to "Close Harmony." It is frbm ijj an original story by Sam Spewack, 1 dealing with the rise and fall of the jut band leadtr, and vill bo directed by Edward Sutherland. JacMe Coogan has been signed for a I series of pictures,/ including "Huckle- : berry Finn," as tha.result of the world- • widV'success of the screen's first juve- - . die talkie "Tom iSawyer." "Huckhv I berry Finn" in Junior Durkin H will lave.the. title role, and Coogan that of TomiSawyer, is scheduled for J production shortlyl ! 1 George, Chandler;; who recently completed a role in "Doctor's P Wives," has been signed for "Gentlemen .of the Streets," "William Powell's.new . starring picture wlich Richard Wallace I is directing. Card Lombard has the feminine, lead in Powell's support, and Wynne .Gibson,. Lawrence Grey, Guy Kibbee and Maude Truax are appearing in prominent minor roles. Tie police siren, feat most effective of all sounds in talking fdctures since its efficient use' in "Alibi," .by Roland West, will vie with creaking hinges, shattering glass, screaming ladies, humming motor cars and ghostly footsteps in "The Bat Whispers," Chester Morris' forthcoming film. Una MerksL William Bakewell, Gustav Von Seyfrjrtitz, Ben Bard and. others are in the cist. " -« - Hollywood speed record for get- | ang 'completely dressed from shoes to | hat is claimed for Mary Pickfold. Time, five minutes 45 seconds. This included I taking off.one outfit, putting on another, v combing her hair, and fixing hej makeup. Through it all she was busy speaking lines and acting a scene in "Kiki," - Mjhich Reginald Denny plays the male &ul Imkas is back in the cast of I fi™.Ch&tterton's new production ,"UnaiQoul" having recovered from tie re«nt illness which took him out oi this v.TOit. Others in the featured cast are ~ JiUiette Compton, Paul Cavaiagh, Douglas Gilmore, Donald Cook and VaiL John Cromwell is directing 'i liTT™ from an original screen story . W John van Druten, author of "Ycung IkS l r f * niOUS Sherw ood Forest of Eaghas a' double of almost equal beaity California. The wooced majestic trees, and even me *£ ,™ the localit 7» so resemble me Sherwood district that the Cali,°nuan forest a lso bears the name. It ; 'It «l, thk site that the major part • Chari ?, ng Came You th," starriig ~ ~]JS- ~° gers > was film ed. Rural Enj'^S IS v e locale of the story, aid r J™ location experts chose natunl ZF Uch closel y resembled tint 1 est.? 6 S rounds of a Pasadera we, recognised as one of Southern' l J™»nuaJ finest, served as.those tf rert»- g Sfi bar °ny for other importait :.iwenor 6cencs. Vin<.S 4 I years 0n the sta £ e have coiHenrietta Crosman that actos - S-S??™ 1, She expressed this senli*he ?, resting between scenes jf ' at 4, v? Royal Fa mily of Broadwa}" " Wal« + i eVVr York studies. Miss Crosmtn ■ : huL qUeeu mother of the theatrical Inilt «^" nd which this Picture is *i'»T?- ey %? that ' The p la y' s * e £**>■ Miss Crosman explained, "hit I W-Jr ,? half of what Shakespeare 'teSrfi. Say - Ham Jet was expUnP* ? lay wa s the thing with & w/f** the fancv of 't fl e Kijg.' HUMArn : kym S down theatrical ccmJJJtjnwta; Pkyers make or mar the ■•■j «b/L Crosman, who denies mat >' : *«C B m S ? e " old sch ° ol " of acte °' '«&»f ♦*■ e arc as man y P od to-day as there ever Her »■ that every age has about the JJ e Proportion of good actors-anl of

\ One of the biggest bookings ever recorded for a two-reel comedy was made when the Famous Players Canadian Circuit signed up for the Slim Summerville hit, "Parlez Vous," to play 56 theatres in Ontario. This booking is the latest development in the career of the comedy sensation, which played nine weeks at the Carthay Circle, and an indefinite Broadway first run at the George M. Cohan Theatre. It is also playing big houses in other, cities. Modern women understand love, and there is more real romance'in their lives than in those of their forebears, according to Ruth Chatterton, who has found that the topic of her latest production, "The Right to Love," is fraught with absorbing theories. "Those who bewail the passing of the days of romance have miscalculated the advantages of modern amour," asserts Miss Chatterton. "With the economic necessity of husband-hunt-ing shelved, Avomen are free to sift materialism from their heart affairs. The majority of women to-day are fully capable of, and willing, to fend for themselves after marriage as well as before, thus eliminating the 'meal ticket' scourge from the marital horizon. A typical union of the pre-mauve era included such details as substantial

doweries for the bride and the attribute of 'good provider' for the bridegroom. It was a foremost paternal duty to inquire into the intentions and prospects of a daughter's casual callers. Romance flourished despite such unspiritual surroundings, but to-day women are dwelling in the Elysian of love." In "The Right to Love" Miss Chatterton appears in a dual motherdaughter role, with both characters struggling in their own manner and period to obtain woman's birthright. Prominent supporting roles are played by Paul Lukas, David Manners and Irving Pichol. (

Gloria Swanson's next film, following "What a Widow," will be "Obey That Impulse." It will be a non-musical production, for which De Sylva, Brown, and Henderson, capitulating temporarily to the public's demand for dramatic screen fare, have provided a story described as intensely dramatic. Ben Lyon, following his excellent performance in "Hell's Angels," has been rewarded with the leading role opposite Miss Swanson. With Bebe Daniels playing opposite Douglas Fairbanks in "Reaching For The Moon," the Lyons are familiar figures in Hollywood. Jeanette Mac Donald has the chief role in "The Lottery Bride," first Arthur Hammerstein film, just completed. She sings the songs that Rudolph Friml composed especially for this picture. She has greater individual opportunity than she had in either "The Vagabond King" or "The Love. Parade." The new Friml songs that Miss Mac Donald sings are "My Northern Light," "Jubla," "Nobody's Girl,'' and "You're An Angel." The other Friml songs especially composed in Hollywood for this picture are "Brother Love" and "I'll Follow the Trail."

One of the most popular stage romances of modern times, Israel Zangwill's "Merely Mary Ann," has been selected as Janet Gaynor's next screen vehicle. Jules Furthman and J. M. Kerrigan have written the screeu play. Kerrigan also will play a part in the production. Cecilia Loftus, famous London and New York actress recently brought to Hollywood, will play the role of Mrs. Leadbatter, one .of the three outstanding parts in the story. Miss Gaynor has just completed the moat dramatic part she has attempted siuce she came into motion pictures, that of the girl, in "The Man Who Came Back." With Charles FarreU. in the titled role, this powerful story of regeneration has just been completed by Raoul Walsh.-