FOR THE SCREEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 128, 1 June 1937, Page 8

FOR THE SCREEN.

ACTOR FROM AMERICA.

FILM WORK IN AUSTRALIA

On liis way to Australia to be featured in a production to be filmed there Mr. Lloyd Hti<:ho>. stare and movie actor. ;uri\od by the Aoran<:i from Vancouver this moriiinji. lie i* accompanied b\ hi- wife, who a< liloria Hope was wvh known on the New York -tasro. The picture, to be made in the t inesound -tndio- at Sydney and at Thur.-dav '•-land, is "Lovers and Lingers. "* from the pen of Curncy Slade. It will be directed by Mr. Ken. Ilall. while Captain l'rank Hurley, who lias done much outdoor photography, including s.mth Polar exjM'dit ions, has been cnvianed as cameraman. The leadinu' lady will be Mis klaine llamill. a N.-w Zea hinder who hails from Taihape. while Miss Shirley Ann Richards, also a New Zealander, will have a part as well. The background to the picture i- Thur.-d.iv I -laJul. and the opening scenes are laid : n London. Mr. Huuhes said to-day that he would have to so to Tlmrsdav Island. although some of the scenes ut that locality had already been "-hot."

Mr. Hu«hes said this morning that the legitimate stauo wa- coming back into favour in New York, between oil and 40 theatres beinjr eon<tantlv open. "I like staj:e life in New York." lie said, and pave as his reason that it was only a six-day week. travelling companies that appealed on the Paeilie Coa>t worked a seven-day week, including three matinee performances, one of which was invariably ;;ivon on a Sunday. In commentinir on lilni productions, he c^aiil that much more work w.a- done on location than formerly. This was duo to hotter -ound e<|uipmeut. it having been found that with *;ood reprinluct ion it was holier to make picture- .it tinactual place depicted than in the -tndio-. As far as Hollywoixl was concerned, few British picture- we re -how n in tin* citv. On the other hand, manv Hri;i-h ii 1:• ; - wore screened in New 'York. I'.dour films, he ■-aid. were making lnvidwav and wore mueii ]e-- expensive to produce than former]v.