GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
A complete Arab town such as Is found In Northern Africa was rebuilt In the Paramount British studios for the film "Insult," Jan Fabrlcius's famous play, which will,.' open at the Grand Opera House tomorrow. . Great pains were taken to collect a group of real natives and genuine Arab properties for this picture, and In many of the sequences there appear African negroes, Arabs, Bedouins, and a detachment of the famous French Foreign Legion in their picturesque uniforms and sun kepis. Various native arts and crafts are seen In the bazaar street scenes, while native pottery work is seen in the making, and a native expert I produces numerous jars and vases on the centuries-old Egyptian clay-wheel. A military fort belonging to the Foreign Legion forms a striking background with its Zouave sentries parading the iattlements. Although much of tha action of the story takes place amid dramatic military activities, there is a charming love story woven through the picture, romance being centred around the young and beautiful wife of the civil governor, played by Elisabeth Allan, Other members of the cast Include Hugh Williams, Sam Liveaey, John Gielgud, Sydney Falrbrother, and Abraham Sofaer. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 81, 6 April 1933, Page 7
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197GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 81, 6 April 1933, Page 7
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