STAGE AND SCREEN

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 68, 17 September 1936, Page 21

STAGE AND SCREEN

An impression was given in a cable- .The inhabitants of. Elstree, accusP^il^t^ to- aMbnteTL?o ewffl rec^ived^a'sh^ck^recenflfwifenihS ballet, Russe de Monte Carlo, would J;,,? cn ...j mn n f Pa valr-v■ wparine the open its Australian season in Sydney &£, &s"£&£ Rufsian writes a Melbourne correspondent It giment resting by the wayside. But was ascertained from the head office on e re c O gnising Henry Wilcoxon as the of; J. C Williamson Ltd that the officer m com s mandi 'they realised that scheduled opening dates for the bal- it was merely . a scene from "A Woman let are:—Adelaide, October 13; Mcl- Alone » and not a foreign invasion. The bourne, October 24. Dr. Jascha Horen- v i s i on o f a beautiful girl, wearing a stein, a Viennese musical director, will ga ny-coloured dress— unmistakably that arrive a week in. advance of the com- of a R uss j an peasant—driving a herd pany, and will rehearse an orchestra o f ca ttle along a lane was another of 43 performers. The South Aus- unusual sight. The peasant was Anna tralian Government has agreed to s t en the beautiful Russian star, who purchase 500 seats for the first night j s making her English screen debut in.-Adelaide, and private guarantors m this film. These opening scenes, have assured booking of seats worth j n "A Woman Alone" depict .the 1000 guineas, making in all a guaran- manoeuvres of,thoßussian army in preteed sum of £1500. Choreographers war days. A.meeting is the beginning to 'be represented in the repertoire of an unusual'and-poignant romance comprise Massine, Balanchine, Fokine, between Anna Sten and Henry WilNijinska. and Woizikowsky; coxon which is vividly portrayed.

The ; Gregan McMahon Players recently commenced a season of straight Distance between Xondon and Hpllydraiha" in "Melbourne, opening with' woo d continues to shrink with British "Lovers' Leap," by Philip Johnson, re- producers accepting the idea long preSMTIj&SSSSSS feoSZ -lent in the film centre that money ances. will include "A Murder Has means little providing the ■, result is Been (Arranged," by! Emlyn : 'Williams.^ profitable:; isKa^conMant'ex; aiithoftof.-might;-Must Fall," by the: change of: personnel-between the two Power House Dramatic .Club; Emlyn placeSi an i now Gaumont-British is WiUiams'wrote this play in 1930; it was sen ding a unit a third around the world staged in London by the Repertory j n or der to get Hollywood players, Plhy.ers in the Strand Theatre, the an d } s giving the expenditure little author-directing. Brett Randall is to thought. Because of casting difficulties in produce in Melbourne next month England for the unit making "The Bar"Eata.,Morgana" (Mirage),.by Ernest rier," players will be,sent from HollyVajda, translated by J. L. A. Burrell wood to locations: near Lake Louise and,. Philip. Moeller. "The Crime at for exteriors, and sets will be built Blossoms", is, to .be staged by the for the interiors, a. precedure not Gregan;-McMahon Players later. heretofore attempted.

Danger rides the highway in "Crash . ■ , Donovan," the thrilling Universal Anne Shirley and John Beal, supdrama. The dynamic Jack Holt is ported by a strong cast, including Guy starred in ,the role of a motor-cycle Kibbee and Moroni Olsen, are soon to officer ;of the California Highway be seen in "M'liss," a picture taken Patrol." In the opening sequences Holt fr°m Bret Harte's popular novel. This isseen as a daredevil motor-cycle stunt ¥}?}}?£ ls. to. be released shortly by rider with a carnival. He decides to RKO Radio Pictures. "M'liss" ls.a raovjoin the motor-cycle patrol when he ing- human document filled with the falls in love with the daughter of its laughter, romance, and tragedy pecommander. Later he and his police culiar. to the Sierra Nevada Mountains partner battle a gang of smugglers, of the. Bret Harte country and to the whom they pursue over the highways heterogeneous folk—miners, gamblers, at 80 miles an hour. Chasing the crim- dandies, good women, and bad —who inals to. their stronghold, Holt and his made its life an inexhaustible source brother-officer finally capture them in of fascinating plots for the man who a-climax filled with exciting events. In immortalised the California and Caliaddition to its drama "Crash Dono- fornians of the gold era. Its central van" furnishes an interesting picture character "M'liss" is a wild, eager, of' the hazardous work of the motor- mountain girl, torn by an unsatisfied cycle police. Supporting Holt, Nan hunger for all things which life in a Gray .portrays the girl in the case and primitive mining town has denied her. John King is his partner in the High- The story chronicles the events which way Patrol. Other roles are played cause her to experience in a few, weeks by: Eddie Acuff, Ward Bond, Hugh more of the ; tragedy, romance,: exciteBuckler,. James Donlan, and Douglas ment, and spiritual exultation- of livFowley.- The picture was directed by ing than most people know in a lifeWilliam Nigh. time. '■■• . , ■ • .

Two of the biggest names of the mo- "Never,I', says. Victor Jory, . Hollytion picture screen are bracketed in wo°d star■playing the .lead iin , the co-starring roles as the world's famous Columbia-National Studios local pro-sixteenth-century lovers, Mary Stuart ductipn. "Rangle River," "have .; I and the Earl of Bothwell. They are worked with a motion picture unit Katherine Hepburn and Fredric March, Possessing as,much harmony and with who Have the leading roles in RKO as much co-operation existing between Radio's "Mary of Scotland." These two every individual from jthe prop boy will be. supported by.one of the most to Director Clarence Badger as the important casts ever assembled for a 'Rangle River' production team. The motion picture. Every actor and act- secret of successful motion pictures, .in ress who will come to the screen in addition to depending on a story, star. "Mary of Scotland," with'two excep- and directorial material, is the personal tions, will be known to audiences of understanding and co-operation which, the stage, the motion pictures, or both, must exist between everybody engaged and will be recognised for their abil- in its making." Just how well Jory ity to'handle difficult dramatic char- is mixing in and how popular he is acterisations. The cast is composed of with everybody is obvious to any more than forty players with speak- visitor who will catch him at' every ing parts, and more than half of this spare moment coaching the artists with number are important figures in the their lines and- good-naturedly .joining plot. . . in all the off-stage humour.

The London Theatre Studio has taken ... j n t e iipptual fairp^thp nitnhlpsf nnninanrv nf tVio Oli^l Yin fni- Ho term An lUlplleLlUdl laICB.OI ;Ule nUnDIeSI, •uenys; nopeg ; to ue in a ~permanent. /T- r ,, T j rvr ,i■ ■■ ..•„• '"n-io ivr^ci.- =nj ".-studirifcrin-,tKe autumn, in Providence tv£Twoii£ J^-no^L Wail aHimipH rhanpf in ieiinefbn the Face -which the Wellington ReperWi h htata hta enterprise are BTonson 11* AiViPi-v Tnhn OipimiH and Tyrone nights season at the Concert Chamber cffihrTe. <I R hlslinS<Mr. aSainSenyf 6™,?"^ Ptember^S.. will be able to take a full complement tionf. 1 of pupils. His aim is for classes for Wellin|tcm-producfaon by the.xeappearbeginners, who will contract to stay <£ cc Si, teSg?S» I?J ?l "Sl^ two years, with him as-welLas a hum- Wauchop _and W. Simm after -an- abber of classes for more experienced; fence -of ; some years. Associated; with players. In time he hopes to form a^henr.'Will be Mrs. Craig -Mackenzie, permanent. English company on- the;;and Messrs.,F,G. Hayes Towns, Warren lines of the Conipagnie dcs Quinzes. Toogpod, Jasper Baldwin, C.^J.-Bell, that is such a feature of the .French' all of whom are well known torepertheatre. His studio is not to be con-; tory audiences, while those making fused with the Old Vie School of : first appearances in a major Acting, which continues its work in-'tipn include Mrs. J. G. Young, Mrs. P. dependently. Next season Mr. Saint- M. Murray, Misses Eveleen O Bnen, Denys will direct two plays at the Old and Yvonne Holmes, and.Messrs.J. Vie—one a modern work, not yet H. Lindon, and John Proudfoot. The chosen, and the other a revival of • a producer is Mr. Wauchop, who saw the little-known Elizabethan tragi-comedy play.-when •he was in London • and which,has been done only once since selected it as specially suited to,the its original production in 1621. j Wellington Repertory Theatre.

"The Head of the. House of Coombe Thrm undersea and high jinks byVr^'HoSn^Xau'throi .*«• « ***** *'f l* Tension - "Little Lord-■ Fauntleroy," will be the excitement-filled 20th Century-Fox filmed by Warner Bros.-First National, picture with Brian Donlevy, Glenda Three..*of--the- principal roles will be Farrell, Norman Foster, Helen Wood, portrayed respectively by Olivia de anc j Robert McWade in the leading Hayillarid, 'who is now finishing her ro i cs , with a background of deathrdle- withtErrol Flynn in "The Charge defying dangers under the sea, the film of the Light Brigade," Sybil Jason, the relates the hilarious adventures of two sixryear-old star, and Patric Knowles, dare-devil pals who don't fear the perils who was recently brought from Eng- at the ocean bottom nearly as much as land'by Warner Bros.'under a long- the live-wire blondes they meet ashore, term contract and who also appears in Thrill follows thrill with the picture "The: Charge of the Light Brigade." ending in an exciting sequence of Casey Robinson is adapting the Bur- breath-taking episodes: at the bottom nett story for the screen. of the sea.