ACTED AS DIRECTOR.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 100, 29 April 1937, Page 21

ACTED AS DIRECTOR.

Robert Taylor does hot expect, to be a star, always. But he hopes stardom will serve as a stepping-stone to directorship, then to the executive end of film production. He took his first step towards that end when he directed Greta Garbo and Jessie Ralph in a scene from "Camille" at Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer. With nothing to do for a ■few hours, Taylor visitedthe "Camille" set. He watched a couple of rehearsals of Garbo and Miss Ralph in Marguerite's boudoir, then- asked Director George Cukor if he might direct the ,scene.. Permission was given;'Taylor enthroned himself on the top of a step-ladder, told Miss Garbo and Miss Ralph just what he wanted them to do, then called "Camera!" PLAYS FOR MELBOURNE. The Savoy Theatres Pty., Ltd., of Melbourne, with Brett Bandall as producer, ■ intend to stage shortly "The Children's Hour," Lilian Hellman's controversial play about an unpleasant child and her allegations against her teachers.. Other plays to be presented by the . company include one: of the brightest comedies ever written, "The Greeks Have a Name for It"—which has been done in film form with Joan Blondellin-the leading role. "Tobacco Road," a drama of Virginia, which was first presented in New York in ~1934, and had a two years' run, is also on the schedule. ■ ' • •