STAGE AND SCREEN

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 145, 21 June 1934, Page 16

STAGE AND SCREEN

"the Vanishing Shadow.'^ .. , ...... Hazardous feats, perilous chances, and dangerous risks . are the accepted) things in the life of an ..actor : playing'the rleading role in a serial; drama. An'actor "assigned.;, to ..this:, part, rhiist .be .a. man of steel nerves. ■ Onslow Stevens, Univei'sal playei1. -is„just.this.. type .of _man. ..During the filming of his latest serial, "The Vanishing Shadow," his nerves never wavered for an instant. When asked to perform the many perilous things the script called for, he was always ready and willing. "Doubles" are common in serials. But Stevens refused to allow another man to risk his'life in his place. "Why should I allow some other fellow to take a chance?" he asks. "I never have been a coward. I fully believe :it is; the star's place to do whatever'the Script-calls for, arid not sit back'watching'another do his acting for him. It takes all the thrill out of working in a picture to have another i^llow do my' part. With all the hard knocks I received during the filming ol 'The Vanishing Shadow,' I would not hesitate to accept the same role again..'] thoroughly enjoyed every moment df-fthe time." : ' > ■■■'-.->''.'•.•'■. Ruby Keeler. 1 ;■'■■■ .'\ Ruby. Keeler.- began, her -stage career, at the age of thirteen', in the ! ch'orus.iibf Ja Broadway production,■-quickly:, rising .to stardomliShe- appeared in "The Sidewalks of. New York," "Lucky," and "Byebye, Benny," but her greatest triumphs were scored in "Whoopee",and "Show Girl," the Ziegfeld productions;.)Her'long stage experience stands her, in good :stead in her...T'.musical?comedy.. -toles -:"f6rij the screen, iliss Keeler was born in Halifax N.S., in: 1909, bufcmoved.; to; New/, .^Tbrl; City,, witt: her^ajnilyVwheji-ithree''.yeaVs old."-- ■"■"■' ■' '■'■"/: '■- '"' '■■''■ -' " ■■'-■■ -:-''

Emperor. Jones. It takes a'lot of hunting, sometimes, to find what is right at hand, and that is yivhat happened when John Krimsky and '■Gifford , Cochran, producers for United !''Artists-release of Eugene ,o'Neill's' famous play, "Emperor Jones,"', "tried - to. find ;.. a .suitable negro actress for the important role of' Jones's southern'sweetheart, Dolly. Casting the other women, whom Jones meets—the Harlem "high-yallers"—was^an ; easy job in NewjiYo'rk, but Dolly, seemed impossible tav find. \ RosanYohd Johnson, ; best-known 'arranger' of- Seal '"Negro N iolk > songs engaged to r arrange jahd direct the . music for "Emperor Jones," has as his . assistant a young.-;girl riatnedßuby'Elzy. . She had been a school teafcher in' a .small i Carolina town, and had >{«ome north, to ,fplay in "The; Gr^eii Pastures," [ and had i become a .leading 'member" of Rosamond ; Johnson's chorus. The coloured actor who ■had been engaged for the role of the [preacher in "Emperor .Jones" could not E/: attend rehearsals of- the."church scene bei Ccause he; was playing .in:^rßun, '-Little [ VChillim" on"1- Broadway.-.-; 'aAs 'the-factors ; only entered enthusiastically '.■ into • the ■ spirituals, wlien the. preacher roused-them to it, Miss Elzy substituted in the role oi > the actor-and made them -sing■-.-.;'theh ;, hearts out as they bade Brutus Jones i goodbye. : And so little Ruby Elzy -was >. given 'a screen test, and; cast as jea'dinj ■lady . opposite Paul Robeson—all in; less ■than .a.day. ''■':■'■'■%'/;,■:'■■;■'>*?;•''■ "'"-'■ \. "Uncertain Lady." " " '-." j An amusingly-told tale of woman's [ emancipation. in this modern day and agt ," is unfolded in "Uncertain Lady," Univer j ' sal's romantic comedy dram a.w,hich. is,soor ■"to be released in New - Zealand.. . Gene s vieve Tobin portrays the fascinating role pi a modern -wife who is a business womat

■ •" first, while Edward Everett Horton-sup-Bridge. Game. ..■...•;.,,.,. .»..,- , . plies, a. bai-rage-of-laughs with his comic The latest in bridge; comes from Irene capers so familiar :; to movie fans; i Miss Dunne, RKO-Radio star, whb plays bridge Tobin and Horton ore supported by.many in Hollywood with her husband in* New well-known • players','.including Paul York. . They.make each play by -mail; arid Cavanagh; Renee Gadd,. Mary,Nash,:Dbroat times it takes as long as four jweeks thy Peterson, and George Meeker, to finish one game. It sounds a bit silly, ~ . w . . but nevertheless it is true. < -;> . - ■ "arD worK- , ■ >■ . Motion picture work provides all sorts of hazards for. the radio singer, and Lanny Ross, Paramount's latest recruit toSits acting ranks from the radio.field, is wondering whether he.will have any voice left after six month's at the studios. Cast in a leading role of Paramount's ."Melody in Spring," ■in which he has to sing several numbers, Lanny is beginning to consider Bing Crosby an object for wonder. Not only has' .rin"g kept his' voice,' but it has grown even better since he has been in Hollywood. "Maybe I w?rr y r too much," Lanny said, "butfit is going to be pretty hard to keep my voice from cracking. During my first day-on-the set I>worked alternately under the lights' and rested on another part of the .stage. A few minutes under the lights and I became'as warm as toast. As soon as I stepped out and walked to my corner, I became decidedly chilly. What that sort of thing does to one's throat and voice is.far from encouraging."

J.C.W. "White Horse Inn." „ The only word with which to describe "White Horse Inn" is "colossal." This J. C. Williamson, Ltd., production, -playing to packed houses at; the .Theatre Royal, Sydney, is the biggest stage production ever attempted in Australia. • More than 120 artists take part the .three * acts, which comprise" no fewer'than fifteen different scenes. There are twenty-seven musical numbers, dances, and ballets. "White Horse Inn" will be presented as the opening, production at the New His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne,' with all the latest stage'effects and devices, including revolving stage and a new system of lighting which has not yet.been used outside ;of Berlin and London. "White Horse ( Inn" has been described as' "the last . word" in stage production. ' ,De Mille. _ ■ . . An elaborate and spectacular production ; of "Samson and Delilah," with Miriam > Hopkins and Henry Wilcoxon^in the name • roles, and with Cecil B. De Mille as direc- | . tor, will be. another of Paramount's spectacles. The picture will fee 'filmed on a ; scale comparable t6."The Teh Commandments," "The King of Kings," "The Sign i of the Cross," and "Cleopatra," De Mille's . current assignment, in which Claudette | Colbert, Warren William, and Wilcoxon are featured. The announcement is taken in Hollywood as definite indication that Paramount will annually make a De Mille historical or Biblical spectacle. j "The Bowery." ' i. '" . 1 . In "The Bowery,", a United Artists' ret lease and Twentieth Ce.ritury picture, star- . ring Wallace. • Beery) "George Raft, and , Jackie Cooper, Wallace' Beery is cast as . the famous Chuck Connors, salodn and r honlcy tank proprietor, and the most po--1 pnlar man on; the bowery. Qebrge Raft ! plays Steve Brodie, ' who was so jealous 2 of Connors that he jumped off Brooklyn I Bridge in a bid to out-rival. Connors in 5 fame,. Jackie. Copper is the newsie, J-'. Swipes, 'pal: and protege of (Cbnnors until i; a girl, "played by.Fay Wray brings about j' a 'misunderstanding.' " Pert Kelton,. who r stole the- show-in* "Bed- of* Roses," her 1 first picture, plays a dance hall queen. ■ Karloff's Next. I" Following "The Black Cat," in which '■'/ he is co-starred with' Bela Lugosi, it has °- b!een <, announced at VUniyersal-,.Cityj that ' Karloff's next picture , V?" c "^- r 'P l' to Mar 9," by R? C- Sherriffi :which* James White will direct .

"jhe.i Gay Divorce^' > lLook for "Some "fast stepping when "" Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, the dancing demons of "Flying Down to Rio," get together in "The Gay Divorce." They are tq be co-starred by BKO-Radio in this stage hit in which Astaire had, created such a sensation in London. • ."■: ' Lighthouse. .« ; ;> '• :' ■ \ . -..-'• S"The Haunted Light,"' starring Gordor Barker, has a j:heme. allied to that of "The Ghost Train,"s but the setting is in ant abound a lonely lighthouse on the rugged lonely coast of Wales. Wells Heads Group. (London Films, producers of such out standing motion picture attractions, as "fEhe Private Life of Henry. VIII" anc "patherine tho, Great," announces tha iti now has six of the world's most fam ous writers' under cpntraet to do screei plays. H. G. Wells,- who has been de scribed as the "world's greatest lirin; \rriter," is actively engaged, in writing i special script for London Films based 01 his prophetic works, including "The Shapi of Things to Come," the most provoua tfye best-seller -of the last decade. -Thi other authors under contract to. Londoi Films are- Lajos Biro arid Arthur Wim peris, who collaborated on the writing c "fienry VIII"; Robert Sherwood, autho of such memorable works as "The Roa( to Rome," "The Queen's Husband," "Re • union in Vienna";' Geoffrey Dell, autho of-"The Firebrand" and "Payment De ferred" v l.;ajadi..Fvederick ; Lonsdale, / vrh< ■wrote "Jlonsieur Beaucaire." "The Las of Mrs. Cheyhey,'-' - and •- "Spring . Clear irig." ;. .

"Nana." ■ • ■ A new and vital screen personality will be revealed at the Regent Theatre tomorrow, when "Nana" will have its initial screening. Anna Sten, who makes her debut in - American films in this picture, was first seen by Samuel Goldwyn; noted producer of motion pictures, in a Continental version of "The Brothers Karamazov," and he was so impressed that he brought her to America and put' her under contract for a long succession of films. The Russian actress has a likeness to Vilma Banky, but her acting has an originality that is striking. The American critic, Mollie Merrick, has described her as having "an enchanting face, teeming with life, from which the curves have not been taken by rigid dieting. She . is willow slim, but her features have the charming rotundity of the plump." Miss Sten was a child of the theatre. At the age of fifteen she was admitted to the Russian Art Academy, and later appeared in the plays of Pirandello, Ibsen, and Maeterlinck. She could not speak a word of English when she first reached California, and had to master it for her work. A fortune has been spent in the patient preparation of the, actress for her debut. Expert instructors spent two hours each morning and two hours each afternoon teaching her English, American life, manners,, and colloquialisms had to be assimilated, and she was taught to adapt Hollywood elegance and glamour to her own nature and personality. The story of "Nana," which was chosen after much consideration for her first American film, is based on the novel by Emile Zola, and was adapted for the screen by Willard Mack and Harry Wagataff Gribble. The result is an absorbing film, which combines romance and realism, comedy and pathos.

"Little Man, What NoW?" v "Little Man, What Now?" the brilliant novel by Hans Fallada, which has been filmed by Universal, is the story of every man unemployed. John Pinneberg and his wife Bunny, two simple souls, struggle bravely in a world of increasing unemployment. They manage to retain their high spirits in anxiety and adversity. Filmgoers will love them and their shifts, their extravagances, and economies. The life of these two is a sequence of simple joys and fears and tribulations, and through it, as a union of; wills striving, failing, comforting one another and enduring, they make their pathetically courageous human way. The incidents are the little incidents of every day, the tragedy, the uniform tragedy of every day. There is no bitterness. It is a brave and simple boo!: about brave and simple people, and the film version has caught the sincerity of the novel's appeal. The picture also brings back Margaret Sullavan in her second starring vehicle, and in this story

of youth's great battle for the right to

live and love she is given a role lmwliieh. she has the fullest scope for her fine histrionic ability. All those who 'admired her 'acting in "Only Yesterday" will'applaud her efforts,in her second attraction. ''Cheating-'Cheaters.'? :' " ' 1 Universal " has ' acquired'" the' talking rights to the famous play "Cheating Cheaters,", by Max Marein. It -was one of the biggest successes A. H. Woods ever enjoyed, and .after its long Broadway run played'three years on the road. Universal acquired the silent rights'when'it bought \he Selzniok Company and merged it with Universal. It lost no time in putting ,' "Cheating Cheaters" on the old silent -screen with Betty Compson and Kenneth .Harlan in the feature roles. In. all probaability its' adaptation to up-to-date conditions will ;be'undertaken by Max Marcin, the original author. ■•'•'" I "Exit Don Juan." : The Londo.ivFilm production, "Exit Don ■ Jiia'n," directed by' Alexander Korda, has ' been retitled" "The' Private Life of Don ! Juan." : The cast includes Douglas Fair- ! banks, Beniti Hume, Aferle Oberon, Flora i Robson, Elsa Lanchester, Wendy Barrie, [ Binnie Barnes, Diana-Napier, and Joan Gardner. ' Lajos Biro and Arthur Wim--1 peris wrote the screen adaptation. 5 1 E i

Romance. ; , .'. The basic appeal of all drama, fiction, legend, and fact is romance . . . the'loye of male and female, the unreasoning yielding, to the ecstatic impulses, sentiments, and 'emotions of affections. .The greatest stories,, the .finest dramas/v the biggest motion picture, successes have been those with the most irresistible appeal of the love emotions of its characters. i"Al,l 'Men Are Enemies" ■is ' extraordinarily potent with' that vital appeal. Its>loye story is idyllic, a thing of exquisite beauty and feeling. • It is the story of an .Eng•lish:boy and a Viennese girl seeking : amid the languorous beauties of the island of Capri.the full expression of their romantic yearnings. .

"Glamour."

At last Edna Feibei's brilliant story of the career of a famous stage star has been filmed under the title of "Glamour," and the producers have made of it a highlyeffective piece of entertainment. The film introduces some original song numbers, including "Heaven On Earth," 'and in addition presents alluring dance specialties during the unfolding of the plot. The most; rhythmic of these is the Rhumba Exotic, danced by Phillip Reed and Constance Cummings to specially-composed music. It is the very sincerity of the picture's theme, and the naturalness of the acting, however, that makes the strongest appeal to audieWes, for "Glamour" is a story that must have many prototypes in real life, from which Edna Ferber chose this one in particular to present ■ the very "human" side of the life of a stage celebrity. Miss Constance Cummings is seen first as a "dumb ' but determined" chorus girl. By sheer stubborness she achieves Paul Lukas as a husband, international fame as a musical comedy, etar, and a baby.. Sure of herself, standing securely on the heights, and utterly exhausted by the terrific nervous strain of her work, she allows herself to become infatuated with a new leading man, Phillip Reed. What happens after that is an absorbing story. "Sorrell and Son." A magnificent piece of acting by H. B. Warner, the English film star who returned to his native- land to make "Sorrell and Son" alter many years in Hollywood, contributes to1 the excellence of what is certainly one of the best films yet to come out of English studios. The famous book by Warwick Deeping has been transferred to the talking screen with careful attention to detail, and the production, photography, and adaptation make it almost better than the book itself. The manner ' in which H. B.- Warner plays Sorrell, especially in the Uu.er portion of' the film, which was screened privately in Wellington this week, reveals him as an actor of the highest distinction, and he has the support of an excellent cast, most of whom are already well known to filmgoei's. Donald Calthrop, a splendid actor, Evelyn Roberts, Hugh Williams, Peter Penro'se, and AViniEred Shotter and Margot Grahame all contribute to the success of this excellent picture. Elaborate sets have been built, and there are some, modern apartments, vglimpses of the English countryside, and scenes in a hospital ' theatre which are equal to anything done anywhere. This is a treat which may be anticipated keenly by the many readers of the book' and by many who have not' read the book but may find Sorrell no less interesting because o£ that. Lee Tracy. "The Case Against Mrs. _ Ames," mystery romance involving a newspaper reporter and a society girl, was recently purchased by Paramount as a possible vehicle for Lee Tracy and Frances Drake. While Tracy has not yet signed his Paramount, agreement, the papers are being drawn up and formal announcement of the deal is expected very shortly. Miss- Drake has just completed her role in Paramount's "The Trumpet Blows," in which she is seen opposite George Raft and Adolphe Menjou. Mystery. ■ Midnight, a motion picture set, an old gentleman with a police badge on his coat asleep on a davenport as lights are being' changed. Fussing at his camera is Ralph Reynolds. Strolling on to the set, W. C. Bryant, chief of Paramount^ studio police. Reynolds, loath to see ah aged set-watchman caught asleep on the job, crawls behind the davenport, reaches over the top, and wakens the old gentlemam The latter rises, startled and blinking/ The law takes his look and leaves. Rey- . nolds returns to his camera. After a moment the man, puzzled, returns to his sleeping. None of which would have given the cast of "Search for Beauty" a laugh except that the old gentleman, who was not the set watchman, but "Pop" Kenton, was a member of the cast: He is the father of Erie Kenton, director of. the picture, and he appears in nearly every , picture his son directs.

ieorge White's "Spandals."

Paris, -with its Folies Bergeres; London, with Cochran's revues; New York j. with at least three .lavish entertainments —Ziegfeld's Follies, Earl Carroll's Vanities, and the magnificent George White "Scandals" —all these provide, the last word in stage spectacle. The screen receives its first taste of such things in the film version of George White's "Scandals." Beautiful girls who sing and dance to the film's song hits (ten in all), and sparkling and elaborate revues that are said to be among the most-spectacular ever produced •on the talking screen, are the fare- that is offered by the film. The fifteen comedy sequences, all with the country's leading comedians participating, are said to be extremely humorous.

"Colonel; Blood."

Musical Plays for New Zealand,

'Colonel Blood" is a remarkable picture, I' is pleasing news to. record-the-com-not only because it is splendidly .acted by mencement' o£ a season !6£;musical'.playg a British cast, bnt because its drama, pic- in "New Zealand, by a J.,C. turesqueriess, and swift-moving story pro- company. ■ Mr. H., Stringer, '■ New, Zealand vide an atmosphere seldom caught in film representative for ' Messrs. J. C. Williamproductipns.r The dialogue, Especially that son > announces ; that "The Diibarrv?' .-will part of. it. in .which..-Blood himself takes be played inAuckla'nd'on.August. 22, bepart,: is-really brilliant^ while' close atteri- ' ginning a Dominion tour that will jncluda tion_t*. historical-delails^ in costume, con- the cities and principal provincial towns, ventipn, and ; .colloquia-Usin^Jv combine ,to Miss Sylvia Welling, a' titian-haired Eiigmake ■the.pichireanvio{it"standing success, lish artist, heads the company-that' has The.plot'is'based on the true story of,the been playing to wonderful business in AusIrish,>;a;dve.nturerrßlpod44who4 'stole the tralia. Miss Welling, it. was -who .attained Crown-■' Jewels': from tthe'1 -Tower of .London fame overnight when* she;took 6n, 7at short i'n_.tlie■■ ;^e ; i^'>o£■■;'GKMleS>'•^/'ii•■-HiSw^:Blobd.■■' notice^■.tne■.role of "Dubarry?' in'the Eon* gained thevaffection'bfth^Xingiby-feign- don production when Army; Ahlers, Gering .interest in the Kdyal "^erbetual-motipn Map/actress, met with .a (tragic death machine which to the >vhile; starring in the piece. She is a singer worriesiidf ruling-hk>reJitof^Qw;the;lrish-" ,°^ .un<lo»bted'-artistry ;and;;in"lthe'^jtle man, obtained entity I' o'6 of "TherDijbarry" as well < as '.playing' the jewels, was %~ugH^<tfejat«nsM^&4ea£^^%e romant' c 'leads .in^lMusiain itha-iAir''" and then contrived to gain a paMoii'from "M& '"Waltzes from Vienna "(that wiiralso the Kingmake'a stirring^stofy^whil?: the^'•peivpTayed: during the : .season.)Oshe introduction of such an historical, npta- thieves, a perfection of histrionic and vocal bility as Samuel.Pepys. the;diarist,-;.makes •art:;;V"The Dubarry" is a spicy!\tale.;*o£ Colonel Blood" a film of real significance, the days pf Louis XV when' panniered Old —IjoTiddnr*the' brilliancy 'pfsi.tn'e^"c6iirt;" ladies- and-v powdered-beruffed- •courtiers the -traditional customs ;ofv the-' Tower v'e(i f°.r Eoyal favous, but Dubarr'y, daughwhich persist even todayy-^he^gallows and er ofi.-a,.CQpfc. : and an^unknown.father,:wins the "pit," in fact all'the .Eeyeuteenth. ceh: where breeding fails. The scenes in "The tury atmosphere/ has-;been^^. excellently-.. Pubarry"-are; most spectacular,, full- of caught. Against this; background moves royal splendour and colour, with lightthe romantic figure of with: his" m 6 effects'; tliat "will astonish theatregoers daring effrontery, his swjft: Irish tongue, ~asthey did?in Australia". 'In "Music-.in andhis devil-may-care manners. It is safe' the Air", is tbjd. a tale, of a peasant ...cointo say that/Colonel Blood"-is the finest Poser who goes citywards only to find British picture in- years.' The film con- heart break, while)"Waltzes'from "\Tienna" tains- a fine English-cast-headed by Frank- *s a ta'e of Strauss' jun.,' who defies his Collier and Allan Jeayes. ' father, the theme providing. Strauss melo- . ■ ■ .-- ' ■ ; dies woven into a picturesque fabric, cultveryn Venable. ' minating.in a^baUroom_scene in-whieh.the Usually when comparatively unknown ou| "Blue Danube'^,-is .danced, to; full stage players are brought to Holly^vood, orchestra. Included .in the company are they are sent through a period of "breakl |?c^ favourit^ as Leslie Holland,-Cecil ing in", in pictures before they are - given 2STellie Barnes Douglas^erald, any important roles. And few of them , • Uudley.Ctnß-romantic tenor);-liorna have' contractual clauses giving them the Forbes,-Jean Duncan, Ivy Eirby : '- -.(solo selection of their screen roles. Only big dancer Richard "Parry; and stars get such favours. Yet, Evelyn Yen- otllers> Frederick-.-Blackmail will produce able, 20-year-old Btage player with but'two a'J t^-r??> and theatregoers' may anticipate years-stage-experience to "her credit, has a ,seaso.n that will entrance the ear, eye, held leading roles in each of her pictures anc^ mmd. Before the end of the year, right "from the start -of her long-term New Zealanders will also see the Ivor ■ Paramount contract. And- this contract "Novello play,- "Fresh Fields,", and th« reserves for her £he right to Jappear only thrilling "murder play~"Ten Minute Alibi," in-the' type of'role which will-meet her in which the audience actually sees the and her father's ideals of -professional murder committed and watches"th'eva'libi dignity. " -• ■ . being; faked. Messrs. -Williamson ..intend

Success of Clem Dawe. . exceptional fare within the 'next-few . The Clem ,Dawe Eevue Company has Inonthsfirmly, entrenched-itself-in: the affection''Bolero." : - - .■,.;. • .'..-■...■.;.::. eLh'lnTe^r™^^-6^ 680"-'-^- Tellin S the-intimate /S tory. of ; the, lif. with enthusiasm TH* «Mf —n rece, lv?d^ ot - a : famqu S; dancer, -Gkorge^aft's r^ealth of fTn ,^° f P«forn»n««» hare latest starring" picture for Paramount, meTodv anPJXvUtf f ] iei. ': musi\ an.f "Bolero,'^- iscscheduled for, early release in Mr SawJ. l^* £ul iV cntertamment and vDSTew Zealand.: .The -picture reveals ■ the hannv^nn " fl° esha-ha^- a W struggle for success, by: an ambihappy 'season in the northern city; Mr; tious youth, who finally achieves fame only ?i3 th ? les:, ls.P r°d"cer • for his .brother, by-denying hia emotions, by trampling-on and the family « further well represented the hearts -of ■ the." beautiful-women who T 1 wi ..Doroth?, W^te,; Bister, Messrs. 'help him on hft way to the'top. Geofg« Les White^ another brother, =' and Greg-- Eaft, • who i himself was afamous dancer ory lvanoff, brother-in-law. Mr.- Edge-.before" he: came: to-the screen, plays the leys small son, Philip, aged fouri; travels, lead, and incidentally .'gives a very fine pertnth the party; it will be' remembered formance:::ln.the:supporting <:ast are the that his mother, the .late Phj'llis blonde'beauty, .Carole1 Lombard/ as the was a member of the original1 Midnight1 only woman-hevloves; Sally: Rand, wiose frolics, a dancer of lissome grace'and startlinglfan dance :is recorded in the' piccharm. Mrs. White, sen,, is also with the turep Frances Drake, as one of his partcompany. It is Mr. Kdgeley's intention, ners; and William Frawley, who" plays-the after th,e New Zealand tour, to take-.the role of Ms brother-manager.;'The'dance company to England, where .the Whites-numbers are woven about JUaurice jßaveTs served their apprenticeship for the stage., world-famous »"Bolero,'.' and'^ in'- 'one They have been in- Australia and New sequence .Raft, and Miss Lombard; present Zealand for thepast twelve years.' It is the tang'o^: which"'promises ito hoped the company will be in Wellington become enormpusly popular Tin- ballroom! shortly., ,: . ' ■'■-~ / 'throug'hout;the,country.7 ■' £K':'"'"■:>'■

"Bella Donna." - "The House ( ofyßothMhlld.v v A cobbled street-leatog to-the,cafe,in HoToF^sch^^o^lSS the native quarter of Cairo, and the in- fi rs t starring ypWl» ™j. i- "^ terior of the cafe itself, have bee* recent tract with JoslnhM Si' " TL^ scenes of activity on "Bella Donna" at the F ZanucW's 20th PpJ, „ Twickenham Studios. As Europeans never pany release! by TwTa v^6B^* quite succeed in looking Eastern in native f s first^f ill tK +* dress, London was; searched for a, Jarge JhiM,-*,! a 1 devotion of the.Kothgcrowd of Arabians, Egyptians, and'lndians [ w« '«? ther^ e f 'l^^ *** for the cafe scenes, the final colfecHo-tf Itf- -^SfI J!f.1 * *%?* f«™^» eluding a former modeKof. Epstein'*, and. theS ,?s th e Sf^ "f&fi^'&SQ T&3 a famous Hindu conjurer. Out of the Silrre? c l f 'Isß*Sl MK^ hundred assembled very-feY couia wife^Hannah, portrayed'by,««org« or understand ;jriuch English,-and: produc- <SFW a"dh.'s^JJe, Florence jArliss. For tion Tvasat a standstill until one native V£*** ho, dema. n<*■» taste of sweet young stepped forward and modestly announced • $ m? nc?- th?re .sf-*K- love b?tween. Julie,that he could speaknine languages, some? ath. a, txs« beautl£ul, daughter, played?by of which would'doubtless, be .understood ore«a Young, and Fitzroy,'Wellington'* by the others. With the help of this lin- gashing aide,.portrayed by Eobert■Young, guist Robert Milton and his assistant "Fred -Another; powerful form of devotion ii» Merrick,. soon had' the- cuowd- Hnder •eon- .e^^njplifiedJifi^the.'patfiotisrai'pf^N'ithini trol. "'■ ' whose love.of England leads to-the-placlng ' " " of the entire Rothschild fortune in "the Cedrlc Hardwicko war .against "Napoleon. The cfihn-''which Herbert Wilcos, director of - productions 'l^^f^^ele/ding.l^torical.fig^siof to British and Dominions, has announced. ™e,P e"°d.waa-directed by Alfred Werker. that Cedrie Hardwicke. is-to play. Charles L°°King for. Trouble.'. 1 . ' II in his forthcoming production of "Nell A new type of "unsung hero" comesitd Gwynne," which will have Anna Neagle in the screen in the Spencer Tracy-Jack Oakia the title role. Hardwicke, who recently .starring .vehicle' "li'obkjng "for • Troubte,'* received a knighthood, has the Teputation produced by Joseph M. Schehck -and of being England's most outstanding Darryl F. Zariuck, Twentieth Century';Fic character actor; He. admits that his ac-• tures;-, This -is !a story: .about: "tronblt ceptance of the part was largely prompted shooters"—the emergency, men of ihVttleby his personal interest in the character—' phone company, - whose risk'it is fto'clear one wnicnvhe has-wanted to play-for many the wires in-times' of ' and «ats«years, but^ which,r v until, now, -he>has' not ,trophe. -Supporting,Tracy in -this.jaction had the chance of creating either on stage drama of love' arid"' adventure :- are Conor screen. It will, of course, be • a com- stance: Cummings,- Arline' Judge",; Judith pletely new type of screen part for him, Wood, Morgan Conway, Paul • Harvey, and one .of r the..most important, he,has .Joseph Savers, and Franklyn Ardell.'"Thai ever played. The signing of Hardwicke the "trouble shooter"' tribehg'saiaiclenl sets at rest the many ; suggestions made at making love as surmountingitheflinV that a famous Hollywood, actor was-to ciilties and dangers' of live -wirei*•»'•(•. appear as Charles, and makes British and tested by the presence of Constance ,*n(| Dominions recognition of_ the ■■ fact that • Arline, who help "man", the 'switchboardf an English actor i« mole ideally suited'to in the interesting telephone" "centrw' the subject. ■ . ...... vrhere romance buzzes <>ver;theliiie(f,-^