NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 207, 29 May 1936, Page 16

NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE

Richard arlen, who win star in “The Great Divide” for GaumontBritish, lias gone to England from Hollywood with his wife and child. As soon as he has completed his interior scenes at Shepherd's Bush, he will leave for Canada with Mr. Geoffrey Barkas, who is directing the picture, and a full production unit, to make the exteriors for the picture at a “loca-tion-camp” already established in the Canadian Rockies. • ♦ • JN British Empire Films’ musical romance, "Public Nuisance No. 1,” tiie title role is played by Arthur Riscoe, C. M. Woolfe’s recent discovery as a premier comedian, and opposite to him is starred the charming ash-blonde, Frances Day, who renders some very catchy little songs and gives a display that really thrills the audience from the very moment she comes on tiie screen. » * * AT tiie trade show of the Beniamino Gigli picture. “Forget Me Not. ’ spontaneous applause was accorded to the performance of a little boy.- who takes the part of the singer’s son. He is Richard Gofe, and his naturalness and extraordinary unconsciousness of the camera make him one of the most appealing children yet seen in a film. “Forget Me Not” is to be released by United Artists. * * * RALPH LYNN has just made his debut with Twickenham Films in “In the Soup.” In it be entirely upholds his reputation as one of the few really good comedians of the screen. It is a story in the approved Lynn order, in which about half the laughs come from comically absurd situations and subterfuges, and the other half derive from Ralph Lynn’s unique brand of swift and absent-minded faux pas of words and gestures. $ * ♦ TAAPPER, smooth-tongued William Powell, and dainty, blonde Jean Arthur, were such perfect foils for each other that RKO decided to team them in their new mystery. “The Ex-Mrs. Bradford,” in which Powell is a successful medico, and Miss Arthur portrays his ex-wife, who tries to recapture him.

OUT of the story of the true adventure that changed the destiny of three nations. Fox-20th Century has created fanciful, colourful entertainment. full of glamorous romance, high adventure and magnificent courage, and presenting three great stars, together for the first time, in their greatest roles. The picture is “A Message to Garcia.” inspired by Elbert Hubbard’s immortal essay, with Wailace Beery. Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles in the starring roles. JKENE DUNNE wears thirty-two changes of costume in Universal’s “Show Boat,” ranging from a young miss’s dress of the period of 1880 to fluffy 1885-1895 gowns and modern dresses. Her wardrobe has been designed by the famous Zincheisen of London. Helen Westley, in the same production, wears a heavily-beaded black crepe, said to have been owned by Queen Victoria, of England. ♦ * * A NITA LOUISE will be the heroine of “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” now in production at the Warner Bros, studios in Hollywood. The leading masculine part will be played by Errol Flynn, whose first big featured role, in “Captain Blood,” has already made him a popular favourite and an important box-office name. Another prominent character in the story will be portrayed by the well-known English actor. Nigel Bruce. » * * “T AUGHING GRAVY,” one of the best known canine comedians of the screen, is prominently seen in the M-G-M Laurel and Hardy full-length production. “The Bohemian Girl.” The mongrel is the property of the Hal Roach studios and is highly trained for camera work. He has appeared in scores of motion pictures since he was acquired from a dog pound about three years ago and given an education. “Laughing Gravy” is said to possess? the funniest face in all dogdom. ♦ * * A truly beautiful film is “Whom the Gods Love,” a dramatic romance of the life of Mozart. It is excellently acted and the settings are magnificent. No detail has been overlooked in this A.T.P. release.