STAGE AND SCREEN

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 51, 1 March 1934, Page 16

STAGE AND SCREEN

" ;Nation-wide School Contest. "Emperor Jones" is the fivst photoplay tp be made a 'pait o£ the English cuiri.'wculum m high schools in the United States. *It has been selected by the National Comical of Teacheis of English, who have piepared a lesson text m connection with tlie " picture foi 23,000 high schools thioughout - the United States. All students betw eon the ages of 15 and graduation age enrolled in senior English classes will be given fan. opportunity to enter a contest for the best cuticism of the photoplay. United ■ Artists -will release "Emperor Jones" which '; stars Paul Robeson, famous negio netoi „' and singer, who makes his screen debut in the scieen version of Eugent O'Xeill's .. poweiful drama. "The Novello Genius. „ Ivor Xovello has been experiencing a theatrical boom jvith his tn o London suc-r-cesses, ''"Proscenium" and "Fresh Fields." -He has plans for producing "Romeo and '"Juliet" in London in a month or two, with , ( himself as Romeo and Fay Compton as ; Juliet. Mr. Xovello is a definite force in -"London's stage life, and any of his works " seem, to have instant popularity, for he /has. an uncanny knack of anticipating the desires of audiences, and can sense their ", trend long before theatregoeis themselves •are aware of- it. In order to give his , '"Proscenium" company a well-deserved - rest before the Cbustmas season, he closed i the Globe from December 18, reopening '"on Eoxing Day.

Elizabeth Bergner's Appeal. Elizabeth Bergner, the Viennese actress who was exiled by Hitler from Germany (where she was .considered the finest actress in the country), has made a tremendous personal success in London in an English play "Escape Me Not," written for her by Margaret Kennedy, author of "The Constant Nymph." She appears in this play as a soil of gamin, though she has a child by one man and is living with another. She acts with mind, body, and sou),' according to Leslie Reeves, critic, while Ivor Brokn called her '.'an amazing personality." She rose to the tiagic climaxes with great power. After the London season Miss Bergner is to go to Ameiica in the same play, under the C. B. Cochrane-Areh. -Selwyn management. Miss Bergner has made one picture,'■ costarring with Douglas Fairbanks, jun., in "Symphony in Purple," a play about of .'Russia, whom MisSj Bergner portrays. "Air Scarlet." • ' , A colourful drama* of reie track swindles is the new story by Damon Runyon just purchased,.by RKO'Kadio Pictures. The title is "All Scarlet." With the, popular reception of the picture. "Lady for a Day," screened from a Damon Runyon yarn,'the stock of this famous journalist as a screen author has zoomed to a peak of demand for his. stories. Xo announcement of cast has yet been made.

Special Screening of "Cradle Song." . . A picture which should find favour and appeal to all regardless of their religious leanings is "Cradle Song/1 a Paramount production, which is to : be publicly screened throughout the Dominion -com-'' vnencing at Easter time. During the diamond'jubilee celebrations of. Archbishop .Redwood this week' a \ special screening of the film was held for the visiting 'prelates' and clergy. "Cradle Song" does more than entertain. It educates by virtue of its enlightenment and human understanding, and, all lovers of good drama will be delighted with it. The picture, which is ; outstanding for its exquisite beauty of ■ theme and portrayal, deals with convent life, the bulk of. the performers being nuns. The essential theme of "Cradle Song" is motherhood, or perhaps it would be more correct to say the sacrifice of motherhood. Denied tLeir natural heritage, motherhood, the vnuns of a convent iaSpaitliifind an.outlet for their motherly instincts in an orphan girl whom, they hajVe.reareH from birth. , The audience follows, the life of .the girl from babyhood through girlhood;to womanhood, and senses tlie beauty in Jh'e love of the nuns for her. Thev picture climaxes in "a deeply-moving farewell scene 'between the' community' of nuns'ancl their ward, who,: on reaching the'.ag'eVof discretion, decides to go out into the world and'marry. . The producers of "Cradle Song" have, succeeded in grasping the colour, and feel of the convent. All the humours and peculiarities of community life are in the film; ,the eagerness of the novices, the amusing timidity with which they address the Prioress, the pontifical air with which the viearess pronounces her views, the tiny clashes of temperament, the mass, fright over an accident, the excitement when the superior grants little exemptions.to Holy Rule. Above all; however, is the peace, pyrity, and Godliness which is in the face ,of every nun, and which shines like a light in every corner of the convent. The cast, which is a strong pnfe, includes Dorothea Wieck, the recently discovered young German star, who, ,as Sister Joanna takes care of the baby from the start and makes a great sacrifice for -her in after life, Evelyn Vcnablc, as the orphan, Sir Guy Standing, who gives the orphan his name, Louise Dresser, as. the prioress, and many others. "Babes in Toyland." ■ ■ Fame and fortune await two youngsters with' ability who can measure up to requirements 'demanded by the two principal roles in the never-to-be-forgotten musical^ extravaganza^ ."Babes in ffoyland," which is shortly to be brought to the screen by Hal Roach. Nowhere in all Hollywood; has the. noted comedy producer been able to locate the desired young couple to fill the shoes of various famous stage stars who portrayed the memorable parts of Alan and Contrary Mary in the original Victor Herbert musical production. Among the Roach players who1 will be cast in 'important parts are Laurel and Hardy,' Charley Chase, Patsy Kelly, Baby "Spanky" McFarlane, and others. "The Song of tho Plough." "There was an old farmer, he had an old sow," is a Sussex song whose interpretation promises to be one of the highlights of Sound City's production "Tho Song of the Plough." The singing of this quaint tune is. a revelation^ enlivened by the classical line finish, two variations of a enort and a whistle. The singer in the play is Albert Richardson, the sexton of Bui wash Parish, who has just made, the record 1 for leading gramophone companies: Disney. Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Jlouse and the Silly Symphony cartoons, has just been awarded a diploma of honour by the Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, in recognition of his film cartoons.

"1 Was a Spy," "I Was a Spy," a British pioduction, which opens a" week's engagement at the State Theatre tomorrow, is the story of a Belgian woman who is forced to nurse German wounded, and approached by her Belgian coiupatiiots ,is absorbed into the espionage organised .in Belgium by the Allies. , The diama is worked out in the conflict between her'human feeling for the wounded men she nurses and the struggle in her soul', which is wishing for the victory of the Allies. Spectacular in its sweep, human in its emotions, dra-, malic in its intensity, and' profoundly gripping in its appeal, "I Was a Spy" is outstanding entertainment. In its particular class it reaches a standard of production that hitherto has not been' attained by British pictures, thereby emphasising the immense resources of the Gaumont-British studios, the genius of Victor' Saville, the director, and the excellence of the personnel. "I Was a Spy" has as the mainspring of its attractiveness the fact .that it is the true story' of •; the work accomplished by Mai the Cnockhaert, who acted as an. Allied spy during the German^ of Belgium. Later she .married an ex-officer of. the British army and as Martlie McKenria wrote a book from , which : the film ' has been adapted. Every care 'has'been exercised to present the story as, an "actuality," and the picture achieves impressiveness from the fact that its drama as well as its human emotion are true in substance and in'fact. The story is simple, but full of daring, and heroism; full of humanity and of the war-game at its worst; pity for the wounded, death for the enemy. Marthe, impelled by her humanity to act as nurse'in a. German hospital, also accepts the call of patriotism, spies upon the Germans, and works to defeat their aims. Day in and day out she lives a life that will be forfeited if she fails. Information leaks out of the town,:but the Germans fail'to discover its source. Marthe works hand-in-hand with Stephan, a hospital orderly. They deal the enemy a heavy blow- when they destroy a dump of cylinders containing poison gas. When the gassed Allied soldiers pour into the hospital, Marthe determines to avenge the enemy's brutality. News that a church parade is to be held oh the following Sunday is passed on to British headquarters, and the service is bombed. Next she sacrifices her honour to obtain information of the projected visit of the Kaiser and th'en-^Marthe is trapped. The finest cast ever seen in a British film enacts the thrilling scenes which build up this fine drama of human, passion— Madeleine Carroll,. Herbert. Marshall, Conrad Veidt. Gerald- dv; Maurier,. -Edmund Gwenn, Donald Calthrop. Director Gets His Wish. Several years ago Herbert Wilcox -was the guest of Noel Coward at the second night performance of Coward's operetta, "Bitter Sweet." This was at His Majesty's Theatre in London, where the play was a tremendous success..at the same time it was charming audiences in New York and Paris. Mr. Wilcox then made a mental promise to himself to some day make '"Bitter Sweet" into a movie—and his ambition has at last been realised. "Bitter Siveet," a British arid Dominions picture directed by Herbert Wilcox and presenting beautiful Anna Neagle and Fernand Graavey in-the leading roles, will shortly be released in Australia. Three screen treatments of "Bitter Sweet" were, prepared before one; was finally approved by Mr. Coward, who. wrote not only the book, but the,music and lyrics. That haunting melody "I'll See You Again" will be,:.especially remembered. Wilcox' has struck a; popular note in bringing "Bitter Sweet" to the screen at a time when there is a bigger call than ever ■ before for music, romance, and sentiment in film fare. He has given careful attention to the music of the play) which is an integral part of the story. In selecting a leading lady to fill the part Mr. Wilcox used great care, finally giving the role of Sari Linden to Anna Neagle who won the place over a field of candidates that included Jeanette MacDoriald. ",Littlo Women." Bringing back to life the characters that for sixty-five years, thiough the power of the written word; y have been the ideal :■ of American girlhood, RKORadio Pictures' dramatisation of Louisa M. Alcott's. celebrated classic is rolling up new box-office records after being in pioduction one year. Made strictly in accordance with the author's original story, and involving an enormous amount of research work and the employment of a. largo cast of players, "Little Women" stars Katharine Hepburn as Jo. Jo's three sisters are portrayed by Joan Bennett as Amy, Frances Dee as Meg, and Jean Parker as 3eth. Their .'suitors, who supply the, romance around' which ,the beautiful s^ory revolves, are r povtrayed by Paul Lukas as Fritz Bhaer, Douglass'Montgomery as Laurie, and John X)nvis Lodge as Brooke. Marmee, the lovable, idealistic mother, is enacted by Spring Byingtori. The incomparable Edna May Oliver appears as grumpy old Aunt March, and Henry Stephens'on enacts the role of irascible old Mr. Laurence, whose, bark is worse than his bite, and whose heart is as big as all outdoors. All-star Cast. An all-star supporting cast has been assembled to support George Arliss in his initial pioduction for 20th .Century Pictures, "The House of Rothschild," which Al Worker will direct. More than eighty characters'appear prominently in the'cast, and several of them will be taken from the pages of history. Among these arc Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, Pnnce Regent of England, Metternich of Austria, Talleyrand of France, as well as the whole Rothschild family. Loietta Young will play the-leading feminine role, with Robert Young (who played in "The Kid from Spain") opposite her. Boris Karloffi, Alan Mowbray, Helen Westley, l'lorencc Arliss, Reginald, Owen, C. Aubrey Smith, Lumsden Hare, Oscar Apfel, George Renavent, and Murray Kinnell are others prominently featured. Arliss himself, will, for the first time, play two roles. He will portray both the patriarch who founded the Rothschild fortunes and Nathan, the eldest son. Jeanette Mac Donald. "The Duchess, of Delmonico's," an original story with a background of the gay nineties, will be a starring vehicle for Jeanette Mac Donald. Walter Wanger will produce the new film, and Harry /Beaumont will direct, with special musical numbers contributed by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb .Brown. Miss Mac Donald has just completed a starring role in •'The Cat ' and the Fiddldc," opposite Ramon Novarro. Marie Tempest's. Art. Owing to" the failure of "Sunshine Sisters," London's Queen's Theatre was empty.until December 21, when the new 11. M. Harwood comedy "The Old Folks at Home" opened. The play ,was, first taken to Manchester and Edinburgh, making the second time in 1033 that Marie Tempest had been seen in the provinces. Cast as the mother of a family, Miss Tempest had a splendid role: l with Grahame Browne as the husband and father, the pair had'great fun in convincing their modern brood that they were as up-to-date in mind as their family. Miss Tempest was, as usual, delicious in the part. The cast included also Nora Swinburne, Margaret Rawlings, Ronald .Ward (both of whom have been in New Zealand),. Frank Allenby, A.: Seott-Gatty, and Claude Horton. ' A Weljs Story. H. G. Wells, world-famous author,' has agreed to write a story to be produced by Alexander Korda, production head of London Films. The Wells story will deal with the future of the world, and while inspired :by his' latest book, "The • Shape of Things to"Come," it Svill be completely n!ew: in both treatment and narrative. The noted British writer-has always'taken* the keenest interest in films as a medium for advancing: his ideas and': Has written at least one novel in the forin:of a scenario. He is now: studying the technique of photo-play-making: at- the London/.Films studios,

Helen Hayes as Mary Queen of Scots. , The Colonial Theatre, Boston, was the 3 locale in November last of a (presentation f of Maxwell Anderson's new play "Maiy 3 of Scotland." This was done by the r Guild and Ameiican Theatre Society, > 3 directed by Theresa Helburn. The piece 3 is a, sort of companion ■to "Elizabeth the ; Queen,"' and the Guild players gave it r production woithy of its merits. Mary is 3 shown as a consistent character, placed in l- a dramatic setting of cumulative power i and moving towards a tragedy inherent -, from the beginning in the temper and 1 situation of the woman; ■/' .With a "clean 3 bill of moral health, (in the. words of L. - A. Sloper in "The Christian Science Mom- - tor"), Mr. Anderson's Mary is a little - more ingenuous than it is 1 probable the - actual queen was.. Her behaviour and her 3 fate are made inevitable; * and in being f kind to Mary, he has not been unkind to - .-Elizabeth-either,'presenting her.as humanj*. ' not diabolical for all her machinations, 3 acquiring certain traits because of the 2 necessities of her position. Helen Hayes, , the famous, screen and stage star, was a s Jovable Mary—lovely, witty, spirited), and r gentle—acting, with the line of a great i draughtsman..,-Helen Menken was' the i Queen' of sinister .brilliance, ruthless and l cruel. Their meeting in the final scene I struck sparks; and both were very feminine ' in different ways. The wife and mother s at the end seemed to. triumph over the s childless woman; though overthrown, she s was unc.onquered. Philip Merivale was a masterful lover and' a dangerous anZ tagonist; Moroni Olsen was John Knox; c Philip Leigh, Rizzio; and Anthony. - Kemble-Cooper, Darnley. The audience remained to recall the principal actors many 3. times. In. the opinion of Mr. Slater, '■' "Mary of Scotland", is a formidable con- ■> tender for the Pulitzer Prize, r "The Wandering Jew."' * Conrad Vcidt, whose vivid personality 1 always puts lite into his screen characters, s excels himself iii the Twickenham pro'djic- ? tion of "The Wandering Jew," in which 1 he has the title role. When Julius Hagcn, V managing director of Twickenham Film * Studios, determinedito film this'great subject, he rightly decided; to adapt K. r Temple, Thurston's)'version, and he has 0 made a picture that cannot fail in its t appeal to all classes of audience. In ■ selecting Conrad Veidt for the 'leading 1 role Julius Hagcn has placed an' exacting • character study in the most capable i hands. The role is an arduous one, since a the changing attitude of the Jew has'to be carefully defined in the four, historical i phases through which the story moves, [but 1 Veidt has given a performance which does - full justice to a difficult subject. "The - Wandering Jew" is included in forthcom--1 ing British Dominions^ releases in New Zealand. "David Copperfield." g Charles Dickens's wcll-knuun book \ i "David Copperfield" 'is to be filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, according to. a s cable received this week by Mr. X. B. a Freeman, managing director of. this corat pony/in Australia. In order that the film 1 may have a particular appeal to all lovers I'of Dickens throughout the world •Metros' Goldwyn-Mayer are seeking the co-opera-s tion of the various Dickensonian Societies, r. and "already a. number of, important people c; in Australia have been'approached to lend - their support towards making "David I Copperfield" a most authentic screen tranY> scription. David 0. Selznick, foremost 1 M-G-M producer, has requested that every • reader of Dickens throughout Australia be V invited to suggest, through the company's . Australian'offices, the names of the mo-' S tion picture artists, who could beet in- ■• terpret each of. the' sixty-five principal ,J characters in "David.Copperfield." When the world-wide appeal i"r completed, the a concensus of opinion will be arrived at, '■> and as neat as possible the artists suge Rested for the various parts will /be, enc t gaged by M-G-M, and "David Copperfield" will then be put into production under ° the.direction of George Cnkor, whose last :' production, "Dinner at Eight," was such 0 an outstanding artistic success. ■As- !a result of this research, lovers of c Dickens and secretaries of the various Dickensonian Societies throughout Australia and New Zealand are inyite'd to comniunieato with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, s Ltd., 20 Chalmers Street, Sydney, when 2 full particulars' will be supplied in .rea gard to the matter. 1 American Stage Successes. S Rodney Ackland, one of the most proII niising of the new crop of British draman.tists,; wrote, "Strange Orchestra," which 1 had New York production recently at the' t hands of Charles Hopkins and Raymr^-d f Moore. Young Ackland's play, for a first play, had considerable success in London. s.'Edith Barrett had the lead in the New - York presentation, and Cecilia Loftus, a I stage star o£ former days, was en---0 gaged. Another American production 0 billed for recent staging was "Yellow y Jack," a Sidney Coe Howard .play based '■ on a chapter in. Paul De Kruif's i'Microbe c Hunteis," -i book about the men who '" fought disease through-bacteriology. The '" particular chapter is concerned with Dr. r Waiter Reed and his battle against yel[l low fever. The play has forty scenes. s "Roman Scandals." s "Roman Scandals" js a musical hit —it is an extravaganza in Samuel Goldwyn's and Eddie Cantor's best manner,' rich iri humour, overflowing with beautiful girls, >- catchy songs, and it comes to a climax with s a spectacular.chariot race. It is the fun- ;- niest and most entertaining of the Cantor n pictuies. y ~ Graham MeNamee Weds. j c The love germ has "smitten Universal. >■ Strangely enough, too, the bonfire ; of love ': madne.-s has been achieved without bene- '* fit of Press agentiy. But it has auhieved 3 national publicity for Universalites which a even outstanding 'Performances on the '-> screen have failed to elicit. The latest c matrimonial news was started off by '- Graham MeNamee. The Universal News- '- paper Newsreel Talking Reporter took y unto himself a. wife,. the comely Miss c Anne L. Simms, of the Greenwich Village s Follies. Graham did. the thing up right :> too. He got married in Elkton, Mary- '• land. This is the famoua Gretna Green 0 of America. Dr. Einstein Plays in America. Dr. Albert Einstein, who has been reticent since going to America as guest '-.professor at Princeton University,. and c who is an accomplished violinist, played v at a public concert in New York on Dell cember 15, in the grand ballroom of the '" Waldorf-Astoria. It was a benefit con- ' cert for persons driven into exile by the L' Hitler Government of Germany. Dr. '" Einstein himself suffered confiscation of a his property in Germany. Though he re--0 fuses to talk of Germany, he let his violin speak for him at the concert. Comedy Cast. c .With the signing of Glen Tryon, the Tin-s'-usually titled "So You Won't Sing, Eh?" "•' cast is complete. Popular comedians cast' s include Zusu Pitts, Pert Kelton, Edward t Everett Horton, Chick Chandler, Ned ;- Sparks, Nat Pendleton, and Lucien Lit tie's field. William Setter will direct. i. ■ . . . ■ ■ s "In Old Louisiana." V h Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announces producc> tion plans for a new picture tentatively !" known as "In Old Louisiana." George 3 Seitz is to direct, Lucien. Hubbard is the 3 : producer, and the cast will include Lupe c Velez, Warner Oland, Jean Parker, Robert i- Young, Nat Pendleton, Raymond Hattbn a Ted Healy, and Isabel Jewell. d Lance Fairfax in London. The New Zealand friends of Mr. Lance Fairfax will be interested to hear that the successful production "Music in the !S iAir," at His Majesty's Theatre, shows y no • signs of . losing its original freshness, i- although it has now passed its 200 th per,l formance (writes "The Post's". London c correspondent). . The New Zealand , baric tone, has a good : part, though not a big, y one, and his'cultured" voice is immensely c appreciated- by. the crowded Houses. The c entertainment is an excellent one, going' ir with'a swing from start to finish, and has it 'a eaßt'.-\vhieh combines real: ability with 5. artistic 'work. It is anticipated that' > "Music'in the Air" -will'continue its run: 3.. for .many months more. :; :;

"Facing the Music." - The most elaborate and spectacular scenes ever/devised.for. the background of a comedy film are those which were produced for.B.l.P.'s "Facing the Music," Lupino's latest ', musical comedy, which- opens at the Regent Theatre morrow. Though it was but the mis-eh-sccne for the hilarious adventures of the .irresistible ' Stanley Lupino, a complete opera house was built in the Elstree studios. This, theatre had in addition to an auditorium (stalls, boxes, 'and.-,orches-tra pit) a full-sized proscenium, and stage. As much of the, action takes place behind the curtain, the 'stage mechanics, wings, "flies," and lighting have been reproduced " in detail, and were, like the hu^e curtain, in working order. On-the stage, in specially designed settings, many of. the principal scenes from the opera "Faust" and the 'finale of "Tristan and.lsolde" were produced for the film. Music-loveia will'thus-be able to .thrill to "The Jewel Song," the Soldiers' Chorus, Mephistophelean Serenade, the sextet "Light'as Air,"jthe ballet music, the immortal,trio in the i prison,' scene from "Faust," and the glory of; the finale of-Wagner's opera. The'full B,I;P; Symphony Orchestra- of sixty selected instrumentalists accompanies Jose Collios in her film role of p'rima donna, playing Marguerite and Isolde, with Dennis Hoey as Mephistopheles and Darroll Richards as Faust, i The story of the film tells of a young man (Stanley Lupino) who falls in love a', first sight with the girl who occupies a box opposite him at the opera, and his subsequent endeavours to make her "nanie the" day." Much that is discouraging, riotously funny, and tensely exciting ensues, and he finds the* course of true love running its usual obstacle race. , The story of his- adventures and romance behind the scenes in the opera house, previously' described, comes to an exciting and original finale as the curtain falls on a performance of "Faust." Gary : Cooper. Samuel Goldwyn announces that he has signed Gary Cooper to co-star with Anna Ston in "Baibary Coast." Seven years ago Goldwyn lifted. Cooper from the ranks of the extras to ; play the male lead opposite Vilma Banky in "The Winning of Barbara Worth." Cooper recently arranged with Paramount to permit him to make one picture a year'away from that studio, and his long friendship with Goldwyn resulted in that producer getting his seryices for the Stcn photoplay. Miss Sten just completed "Nana" for-Goldwyn as her first, American film. Gate;to Films. , England as the gateway to Hollywood is recommended by, Mary Bolarid, a popular American film star, who has; the confirmed opinion that a,ll young actors and actresses trying' to. crash the film, gates prelude their assault with not-less than a j'ear in London. She advocates a term there as the best, means of cultivating the proper English accent and diction for both stage and screen: she says that Hollywood has a sneaking reverence for Eng-lish-trained players. Comedian. ■ Adding to their already impressive list of comedians RKO, Radio Pictures have signed-'Jimmy (Schnozzle) Durante to a featured comedy role iv "Strictly Dynamite,", a. picture based on : a recently acquired play. Warner Baxter. Warner Baxter, Fox star, the happiest, most contented married man in • Hollywood,, is annoyed because magazine ..writers refuse to allow his wife to get well. They, insiht .that Mrs. Baxter, beautiful and athletic, is an "invalid" because she went to "hospital, three years ago, for* toyo ■ weeks. "Reunion." ', The Diggers' smoke, concert in the Sound City picture "Reunion," shortly- to come to Wellington, is a remarkable effort.. AIL the old choruses such as "Oh! ..Oh! Oh! It's a. Lovely .War," "One . Grasshopper Jumped over the Other Grasshopper's Back," and "Keep the Home Fires Burning", are sung with zest. . There are, in addition, a number of very fine solos. The atmosphere is amazingly faithful and the story is simple and moving. The picture has 'the support of the R.S.A. G.B.S. Relents. That amazingly caustic English playwright, George Bernard Shaw, recently -made the. following remark, while on a tour ofjHollywood: "I don't believe Hollywood is within ten years of tackling my stuff." However, G.B.S. has relented and been finally won. over by RKO Radio Pictures. His prejudice against the American companies was that the play form was entirely lost in the photoplay, but then executives of RKO. Radio pointed out their version of iC'lemence Dane's "A Bill of Divorcement" and the great Bernard Shaw was satisfied that at least there was one company in Hollywood that was within' ten years of tackling his- stuff. "The Devil's Disciple," one of Shaw's most recent worts, will be adapted to the .screen, with John Barrymore in the leading role. -Already two,directors have been assigned to the new venture. They are George Nicholls, jnn.; and'Worthington-Minor.

Sothern Ashes in; England. Julia Marlon c, famous American actress, took the ashes of her late hrsband, EcL•naid Hugh Sothern, to England to be placed in the family vault in London. Mi. Sothern's family name -nas Steu art,. lib fathei hawng changed his name when the family objected'to his stage caieer. Afis.! Marlowe nas a -world-wide leputation for diamatic chaiacter studies.

Barrymore.Film. ' The Family Scandal" is announced as the final title for the Metro-Goldwyn-^ Mayer picture formerly known as "It Happened One Day." This is an adaptation of the novel of. the latter name .by Marjories Bartholomew Faradies. Lionel Ban j more and Fay Bainter have leading io!es,-and the cast includes Mary Carlisle, -Una -Merkelj- Onslow- Stevens,- and "Eddie iwigent.1