DONE BY CABLE. KENOWNED PIANIST.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 112, 13 May 1937, Page 21

DONE BY CABLE.

KENOWNED PIANIST.

Max Schach" borrowed Hollywood methods to secure -Rowland V. Lee to direct Ann Harding in "Love From a Stranger." Schach particularly wanted Lee to direct the picture, but Lee, in great demand in Hollywood, was reluctant to make the trip- to England. Schach was convinced that once the director had read the story, a particularly interesting psychological subject, he would be anxious to take the assignment. So Schach cabled the 1600-word synonsis. As he anticipated, almost by return, he received a reply from Lee stating that he was immensely impressed by the story, ,and that he was >: catching the first available boat. Schach was i immensely impressed, too, by a,bill for £85 from the cable company.: •■:.■■'■■■■■.

Benno Mioiseiwitsch, perhaps the most popular pianist to Thave ever visited New Zealand, is to make his fifth visit shortly under Tait direction. He is at present delighting Australian audiences with his programmes of .exceptional beauty. and variety, for he is a master of all masters, this personable, likeable pianist, who is the-most modest of artists, most versatile of pianists. He commenced his Australian tour at Perth last week, and comes to New Zealand later.