"RANGLE RIVER"

Evening Post, Issue 73, 23 September 1936, Page 4

"RANGLE RIVER"

AUSTRALIAN PICTURE

MISS STERLING'S WORK

Remarkably good work has been done by Miss Gcorgina Sterling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. ( Sterling, of Wellington, in the Australianproduced picture, "Rangle River," according to Mr. Bert Vinsen, manager for Columbia Pictures, Ltd., who returned to Wellington by the Wanganella today, after having been present at the filming of a number of sequences in the picture. Mr. Vinseu stated that Mr. Clarence Badger, the director of the picture, told him that Miss Sterling was an absolute find. Miss Sterling had not an extraordinarily big part, but what she did was excellent. Badger's opinion of her'was that she would get to Hollywood without any doubt. She was an unusual type, and in "Rangle River" suited the part she played admirably.

"Rangle River," said Mr. Vinsen, was the first Australian picture to have been produced in conjunction with an American company. The sets were said to be as modern as anything in the world. Victor Jory, American actor, who had been brought out for the picture, had been of great assistance to the director. He anticipated coming to New Zealand and spending a month fishing and deer-stalking. He had also suggested that he might make a picture in the Dominion, but whether that would eventuate Mr. Vinsen said he could not say at the moment.

Discussing the picture generally, Mr. Vinsen said that he thought it would appeal as being something different. Other New Zealanders, he met on location in addition to Miss Sterling, who had the second feminine lead, were Horace Thomas, formerly of Pahiatua, stand-in for Victor Jory, and James McKechnie, of Dunedin.

He was amazed at the remarkable patience required by actors and. actresses. For example, a dialogue sequence between Marjorie Dare, the feminine lead, and Jory was shot fourteen times, and the same scene would take only about- one and a half minutes to screen. He had also seen the filming of a night scene on the first permanent set; that ha.d been built in Australia. This represented a homestead which had been splendidly constructed even to the extent of concrete steps up to the main entrance. The moonlight effect, achieved by using powerful lights, was particularly impressive. He had also been very interested in the way lightning had been produced by switching on and off a huge electric light. The lighting for this sequence cost £3 per minute. "From a technical point of view I think they have got everything on the set that one could desire," said Mr. Vinsen. He added that the picture was «xpected to be completed today.