From England and America

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 301, 15 September 1933, Page 16

From England and America

■RUTH CHATTERTON’S latest picture for Warner Brothers, “Frisco Jenny,” has been a great success wherever screened. It will shortlj be released in New Zealand. Fay Compton will play her original stage part in a version of C. L. Anthony’s ‘Autumn Crocus,” to be produced by Associated Talking Pictures. Ivor Novelio will play the role created on the stage by Francis Lederer. “All Men are Enemies,” Richard Aldington’s grimly powerful war novel, is to be filmed by Fox. It is the tragic love story of an idealistic young Englishman, and his Austrian sweetheart, who, separated in 1914, meet again after the war with shattered illusions after an agonised search for each other. ♦ * • John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn, portraying roles of a great orchestra leader awl a world-famous composer, will be seen in Lester Cohen’s original story, temporarily titled "Break of Hearts.” * « • “Sainarang,” a B. F. Zeidman production, will introduce a screen Adonis who is confidently expected to push the Weissmullers and the Crabbes into the .background. He is Ahmang, hero of a love story too overwhelming for words, and the idol of all the pearl divers throughout the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean. ' With Ginger Rogers portraying the role of a radio “Purity Girl,” and Norman Foster as a selected husband, “Professional Sweetheart” has a new and novel twist. It will soon be released throughout New Zealand by RKO Radio Pictures. t ♦ A Gaumont-British production which can rank with the best in the production of pictures of the caleu.ated-to-thrill type is “The Ghoul.” This is an excellent vehicle for Boris Karloff and his weird make-up as a mad scientist is a demonstration of the manner in which the British make-up man can respond to the challenge of Hollywood. • • • Having originated the “shimmy dance,” which brought fame to Gilda Gray and Bee Palmer, Mae West is now coming out with a new number, “The Midway,” in her forthcoming Paramount production, “I’m No Angel.” “It’s not a dance of the hands and feet,” Mae explains, “but of the midway. I throw my hips to the north, east, south, and west.” • « * “Music in the Air,” the successful musical play now running at His Majesty’s Theatre, London, and m Australia, is to be screened by Fox with an Anglo-American cast. “S.O.S. Iceberg,” the first picture ever to be made in Greenland, an arctic drama with a spectacular ice background, differing essentially from other polar travelogues and native picture stories, has finally been completed after 13 months spent in the desolate continent. Universal sent a complete expedition to Greenland, under the sponsorship of the Danish Government to film “S.O.S. Iceberg.”

• ■ « J. Mary Pickford’s new United Artists picture, “Secrets,” wherever it is shown has been greeted with an enthusiasm which plainly indicates that Mary is still “America’s Sweetheart,” despite the fact that this is her first picture in more than two years “Secrets” is one of the most beautiful productions that has yet come out of Hollywood, and the star looks younger and more amazingly pretty than ever.

Although he is best known for his place in the ranks of the motion pic- . ture stars, Tim McCoy is malting a reputation for himself as a cattleman. The star, who will be seen in ),r 'af-ct Columbia production, “Police Car No. 17,” is one of the mun progressive cattle raisers in the state of Wyoming. -He owns SOTO head of stock at present. Q 0 Jean Hallow and Clark Gable are teamed again in “Hold Your Man,” a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production. In a story calculated to afford the costars opportunity for performances fitting their individual talents and personalities, M-G-M offers a production both intensely dramatic and romantic.